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kayreSince a number of folk have expressed interest, I'm going to try blogging my research process-- brief notes on whatever I read or explore. This'll mean incomplete, still-developing thoughts, and jumping around a lot. I'm not patient enough to do all my background research before going on to detailed reading; so I'm currently reading Christianity by Hans Kung, starting with the Reformation; and also dipping into The Fundamentals themselves.
From Kung today, a reminder that it's easy to think of history in terms of significant people and events, but it's important to keep in mind the larger societal developments that open the way for those people and events. i.e. Luther didn't cause the Reformation.
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I am particularly pondering the relationship of the average Christian to Scripture through the ages. It seems important to note that until just a few centuries before the development of American Protestant Fundamentalism (going with APF from now on), most Christians didn't read or even have a Bible. They only knew what they heard or were taught. Even after the invention of the printing press and translation/printing of the Bible, literacy rates were very low.
Questions and comments are welcome. Telling me All the Answers, not so much, unless you have at least read Kung and The Fundmentals and quite a lot more on the subject. Thanks!
From Kung today, a reminder that it's easy to think of history in terms of significant people and events, but it's important to keep in mind the larger societal developments that open the way for those people and events. i.e. Luther didn't cause the Reformation.
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I am particularly pondering the relationship of the average Christian to Scripture through the ages. It seems important to note that until just a few centuries before the development of American Protestant Fundamentalism (going with APF from now on), most Christians didn't read or even have a Bible. They only knew what they heard or were taught. Even after the invention of the printing press and translation/printing of the Bible, literacy rates were very low.
Questions and comments are welcome. Telling me All the Answers, not so much, unless you have at least read Kung and The Fundmentals and quite a lot more on the subject. Thanks!
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Date: 2018-12-10 03:04 am (UTC)(I don't know a lot about Christian bible-study groups. I've formed an impression based on what people have told me and what I saw of one super-enthusiastic coworker who once tried to get started over lunch, before I realized that she didn't really mean interfaith and I stopped going.)