Comments on: Religion: A History http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:10:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: R. Elgin http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383879 R. Elgin Wed, 21 May 2008 05:12:48 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383879 They lump Korea into Buddhism, which today it is about half Christian. This does not look very accurate at all; It is not enough. They lump Korea into Buddhism, which today it is about half Christian. This does not look very accurate at all; It is not enough.

]]> By: Michael http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383852 Michael Mon, 19 May 2008 23:21:50 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383852 Any recommendations on books about Hindu/Buddhist relations? I'm kinda curious how the replacement of one with the other took place--was it conquest, conversion or some other process? Any recommendations on books about Hindu/Buddhist relations? I’m kinda curious how the replacement of one with the other took place—was it conquest, conversion or some other process?

]]> By: Lexington Green http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383843 Lexington Green Sun, 18 May 2008 17:43:38 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383843 "...pockmarked expansion of Christianity..." It started out as an urban phenomenon. It reached the countryside late. "Pagan" comes from "pagani", meaning peasant. Rodney Stark has a couple of books that touch on this. I agree that the maps lack nuance. I would like to have seen Atheism as a phenomenon depicted, either the totalitarian or the postmodern liberal version. It would dominate the top of the page. “...pockmarked expansion of Christianity…” It started out as an urban phenomenon. It reached the countryside late. “Pagan” comes from “pagani”, meaning peasant. Rodney Stark has a couple of books that touch on this.

I agree that the maps lack nuance. I would like to have seen Atheism as a phenomenon depicted, either the totalitarian or the postmodern liberal version. It would dominate the top of the page.

]]> By: Curzon http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383841 Curzon Sun, 18 May 2008 12:01:57 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383841 Personally, I would like to know the basis of the pockmarked expansion of Christianity across Europe before it became the religion of the Roman Empire. Personally, I would like to know the basis of the pockmarked expansion of Christianity across Europe before it became the religion of the Roman Empire.

]]> By: von Kaufman-Turkestansky http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383836 von Kaufman-Turkestansky Sat, 17 May 2008 20:53:29 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383836 This one seems incomplete. Doesn't do it for me. This one seems incomplete. Doesn’t do it for me.

]]> By: Alan Little http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383832 Alan Little Sat, 17 May 2008 08:18:22 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/05/17/religion-a-history/#comment-383832 The huge error near the beginning, where the Ashoka Buddhist period in India is completely missed out, doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the rest The huge error near the beginning, where the Ashoka Buddhist period in India is completely missed out, doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in the rest

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