Memo to me
Remember there are multiplicities under each ideological header.
There are #Atheisms.
There are #Buddhisms.
There are #Christianities.
There are #Socialisms.
There are #Judaisms.
There are #Islams.
There are #Communisms.
There are #Hinduisms.
There are #Agnosticisms.
There are #QAnons.
Capisci.
The more bloodthirsty would go for the Taiping rebellion in China from 1850 which featured Jesus' brother and, by some estimates, 150 million dead.
Does it benefit us to broaden our views of Christianities?
#Christianities
@wist
That's an insight into self-obsession and maybe B.R. identifies one root of today's hyper-individualism.
Perhaps our culture's hyper-individualism could be traced to more Christianities which stressed the importance of internal psychological states and events.
Though the Puritan ethics would seem to have been a brake on, or obstacle to, actions which were openly me, me, me. cf #DonaldTrump
#Believe #Christianities #Puritan #HyperIndividualism #SelfObsession
Lost #Christianities
https://ehrmanblog.org/lost-christianities
More Lost Christianities
https://ehrmanblog.org/more-lost-christianities
#christianity #religion #deadreligions #christianhistory #sundayschool
How diverse was early Christianity? I had been transfixed by this question for a long time when I decided to write a trade book, Lost Christianities. It was a blast to write and in some ways launched my career of writing for general audiences. My earlier book Jesus, Apocalyptic Prophet wasβ¦
#BartDEhrman discusses #Jesus, the #Bible, and #Christianity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeZrdgxi9bY&list=WL
#christianities #NT #sects #sundayschool #scholars #cult #religion #bartehrman #newtestament #apologetics #deconstructionism #gospels
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