1. Christians THIS CD HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS A CONDITION OF THE USE OF THIS CD THAT IT BE USED ONLY BY THE PEOPLE FROM SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PURCHASED THE CD ROM FROM DIALOGUE EDUCATION. (THIS DOES NOT PROHIBIT ITS USE ON A SCHOOL’S INTRANET). Dialogue Education Christian Perspectives

2. Documentary- YOUTUBE Video – Christians and Ancient Rome  Click on the image to the right. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation.  Enlarge to full screen

3. GAMES  Click on an image above for a game of “Penalty Shootout” or “Hoop-shoot”. Try playing the game with your students at the start and the end of the unit. Make sure you have started the slide show and are connected to the internet. 3

4. CHRISTIAN A Christian adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic religion centred on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.

5. CHRISTIAN The word comes from Greek Χριστιανός (christianos), from Χριστός (christos) meaning "the anointed one." In the (Greek) Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible, christos was used to translate the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mašía ḥ,) (messiah), meaning "[one who is] anointed

6. CHRISTIAN The first known usage of the term Χριστιανός (christianos) can be found in the New Testament in Acts 11:26: the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch. They were disciples and followers of Jesus Christ.

7. CHRISTIAN The earliest recorded use of the term outside the Bible was when Tacitus recorded that Nero blamed the "Christians" for the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64.

8. What is a Christian? The American Heritage Dictionary defines a Christian as "one who professes belief in Jesus as Christ or follows the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus; one who lives according to the teachings of Jesus."

9. What is a Christian? A wide range of beliefs and practices is found across the world among those who call themselves Christian. A 2007 survey in the United States identified the following five typical American categories: However in other regions of the world, especially Europe, Christianity may not be associated with organized activity.  Active Christians-  Professing Christians-  Liturgical Christians-  Private Christians-  Cultural Christians-

10. What is a Christian? Ed Stetzer, in considering how Christians have adapted to a postmodern world, classifies Christians in the "emergent church" as follows:  Relevants  Reconstructionists

11. What is a Christian?  Other countries may not show the same variety, especially where there is active persecution of Christians.

12. YOUTUBE Video – Who Wrote the Bible?  Click on the image to the right. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation.  Enlarge to full screen

13. In other languages  In other European languages the word is similar, such as Chrétien in French. The Chinese word is 基督徒 (pinyin: j ī d ū tú), literally "Christ follower."

14. In other languages As the identification of "Christ" with Jesus is not accepted within Judaism, in Talmudic Hebrew Christians are called Notzri ("Nazarenes"), because Jesus is described in the New Testament as being from the city of Nazareth.

15. In other languages Among Arabs (whether Christians, Muslims or belonging to other faiths), as well as in other languages influenced by the Arabic language (mainly in Muslim cultures influenced by Arabic as the liturgical language of Islam), two words are commonly used for Christians: Nasrani ( نصراني ), and Masihi ( مسيحي ) meaning followers of the Messiah.

16. In other languages The word Nasrani is generally understood to be derived from Nazareth through the Syriac (Aramaic).

17. Bibliography  BBC, BBC - Religion & Ethics - Christianity at a glance  Tacitus (c. 55 -117 CE): Nero's persecution of the Christians, online at Washington State University  The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.  "5 Kinds of Christians — Understanding the disparity of those who call themselves Christian in Americ. Leadership Journal, Fall 2007.  Mark Driscoll, "A Pastoral Perspective on the Emergent Church", Criswell Theological Review, n.s. 3/2, pp. 87-93, Spring, 2006.  Society for Internet Research, The Hamas Charter, note 62 (erroneously, "salidi").  Jeffrey Tayler, Trekking through the Moroccan Sahara.  Akbar S. Ahmed, Islam, Globalization, and Postmodernity, p 110.  Wikipedia- Christian- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian