ReductionsReductions (reducciones, also called congregaciones; redução, pl. reduções) were settlements established by Spanish rulers and Roman Catholic missionaries in Spanish America and the Spanish East Indies (the Philippines). In Portuguese-speaking Latin America, such reductions were also called aldeias. The Spanish and Portuguese relocated, forcibly in many cases, indigenous inhabitants (Indians or Indios) of their colonies into urban settlements modeled on those in Spain and Portugal.
Child evangelism movementThe child evangelism movement is an American Christian evangelism movement founded in 1937 by Jesse Irvin Overholtzer, who founded the Christian organization Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). It focuses on the 4/14 window, which centers on evangelizing children between the ages of 4 and 14 years. The movement focuses on targeting children, as they are considered both the most receptive to evangelization and the most effective at evangelizing their peer group, with groups supportive of the initiative arguing for the need to refocus evangelization efforts on the 4-14 age group worldwide.
Christianity and colonialismChristianity and colonialism are often closely associated with each other due to the service of Christianity, in its various sects (namely Protestantism, Catholicism and Orthodoxy), as the state religion of the historical European colonial powers, in which Christians likewise made up the majority. Through a variety of methods, Christian missionaries acted as the "religious arms" of the imperialist powers of Europe. According to Edward E.
Rôle de l'Église catholique dans l'œcuménismeC'est avec le pape Jean XXIII (en 1958) et le concile Vatican II (1962-1965) que l'Église catholique s'est officiellement engagée dans l'œcuménisme et la recherche de l'unité des chrétiens. Le texte le plus important à cet égard est le décret Unitatis Redintegratio (Restaurer l'unité) du concile Vatican II (). L'engagement œcuménique de l'Église catholique a été confirmé avec force par l'encyclique Ut Unum Sint du pape Jean-Paul II, en 1995. Le Conseil pontifical pour la promotion de l'unité des chrétiens est au service de cet engagement.
Islamic missionary activityIslamic missionary work or dawah means to "invite" (in Arabic, literally "invitation") to Islam. After the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, from the 7th century onwards, Islam spread rapidly from the Arabian Peninsula to the rest of the world through either trade and exploration or Muslim conquests.
