Talk:Cultural Christian

message: If religious formalism is going to redirect here, it shouldn't just be about Christianity (I got here from Confucius). Alternatively, Religious Formalism should have its own page that links here.
JsePrometheus (talk) 18:17, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious Formalism 

message: I made substantial changes to this article. I believe these make the article tighter, but some discussion is warranted.
Cultural Christian is broad term describing nominal Christians, individuals who would not generally be described as being active in their faith yet who identify themselves as Christian, were raised in a Christian family or community, or who adopted Christianity at some point in the past but have since exhibited less frequent or nonexistent practice of the religion. It is usually used in a negative sense and is often a term to describe someone whose understanding of Christianity is seen as underdeveloped, relative to a conceptual reference.
I rewrote to
Cultural Christian is a broad term describing individuals who identify themselves as Christian, but who generally would not be described by others as active in their faith. The term is usually used prejoratively by other Christians to describe individuals whose spiritual understanding they see as underdeveloped or superficial.
My reasoning being that the significant attribute of a cultural Christian is that they believe they are Christian, but that the one who is using the term to describe him does not consider them practicing. My (admittedly anecdotal) experience is that people who were raised as Christians and do not consider themselves to be Christians would be called "non-Christians", and not "cultural christians," even if they happened to listen to Christian music, etc.
I've personally never heard this term used by a non-Christian, but I'll allow that it is possible....
:Is there a term for non-believers from a Xtian background who celebrate Santa day and Bunny/egg day? These might be comparable to "Secular Jews". Or maybe pagans??? Fourtildas 07:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Simplifying the first paragraph

message: There is a particular form of cultural Christianity that acquires a very ethnic character. For instance, several Irish,  Spanish, Italians and others may declare themselves proudly Catholic because of their ethnicity, while totally rejecting the official doctrinal positions of the Roman Catholic Church. This is a peculiar form of tribal Christianity that is a matter of concern for the Church because it is purely based on nationalism and tribalism, while having no clearly defined character in terms of institutional loyalty and theological faith. ADM (talk) 05:10, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ethnic Christianity

message: I was baptised, I was raised in the Christian faith but lost it over my early teens. I am now an atheist with humanist sympathies. While I do not believe in God, the resurrection etc. I believe that Jesus was a pre-eminent moral teacher, and his philosophies of forgiveness, humility, generosity etc. are strong guiding principles for my own moral compass. I also draw some perpectives from other faiths - I believe the role of reliegion is most important in helping us understand our own nature, but I am also aware that it can be used pervert our higher ideals or impose one groups views on another. I celebrate major Christian festivals without feeling cynical as I am celebrating and remembering a great man. I will attend religious services (e.g. funerals, weddings Remembrance Day) but do not pray or consider my attendance to be an act of worship but one of respect and community. I hope that this very personal perspective is helpful and that it will be respected by those who may disagree with it, as I respect their views without agreeing. 79.75.156.180 (talk) 17:43, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perspective from someone who considers themselves to be a 'Cultural Christian' 

message: A cursory glance at some sources seems to indicate that the phrase translated as "cultural Christian" in Chinese () has a different meaning than given in this "Cultural Christian" article. Specifically, the phrase seems to be used to describe those who affirm Christian belief, but do not affiliate with a congregation. I do not have sufficiently clear sources to verify. Can anyone confirm or deny this definition? If it is correct, then the entire China section should probably be removed from this page. Daask (talk) 14:35, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different Chinese meaning