Monthly Archive: April 2021

Brief Introduction to the Politicization of Christianity and its Consequences–From Jesus to 312 CE

Ian Johnson April 3, 2021 2 Comments

A brief summary of the course and causes of the transformation of Christianity from a faith that offered individual friendship with God into a politicized tool of social control up to 312 CE.

A God who Speaks, Background Information, Church purpose versus church growth, Compulsory Christianity, God Speaks to Us, God's Existence and Nature, Historical Background, Peril of Seeking Numbers, Peril of Seeking Power, Peril of Seeking Respectability, Purpose of the Church, Replacing Relationship with Morality, Social control and statecraft, Transcendence

allegorical interpretation, Apostles, Christianity, Crisis of the Third Century, Dualism, Errors, Greek philosophy, Impassivity, Jesus, Middle Platonism, Montaism, moralism, Neoplatonism, Origen, Platonism, Politicization, Politicization of Christianity, Politics, Relationship, Roman Religion, social order, Syncretism, Transcendence

Brief Introduction to the Politicization of Christianity and its Consequences (Outline)

Ian Johnson April 2, 2021 1 Comment

Introductory installment in a brief summary of a “big picture” overview of Western religious and political history, starting with Jesus and moving to the present. Overall thesis: Much of world history has been caused by the illegitimate politicization of Christianity.

Background Information, Church History, Islamic History and Secular History Interaction, Compulsory Christianity, Historical Background, Index, Islam and Christianity, Peril of Seeking Numbers, Peril of Seeking Power, Sins versus sin, Social control and statecraft, Topic Index, What Christianity borrowed from Islam, What Islam borrowed from Christianity

Christianity, Errors, Islam, Muhammad, Politicization, Politics, power, Statcraft, war