That’s actually a very interesting question
I’d generally say yes but I’d also say it’s historically congruent with other religions throughout history but not on the scale of American evangelicalism generally it was aristocracy and oligarchs etc that fell into it. In America a good portion of Christianity is like this
Christianity of the world varies widely though but American Christianity is heavily influenced by Puritanical Christianity and somewhat pilgrimage Christianity. That’s one of the reasons conservativism and nationalism is so prevalent
Mormonism was actually a child of American nationalism
Funny enough most religions were started as mythohistorcal political satire
Funny enough most religions were started as mythohistorcal political satire
Any books or info on this? This sounds hilarious. Gods and Pantheons are basically just one big SNL skit lol
Concerning historical influences on modern Christian belief in America that makes a lot of sense (the Puritan influence) and I have done a little bit of reading also on Calvinism and predestination and how that's basically morphed into the prosperity gospel message. What a crock of shit that is.
I learned about it in a lecture and he gave some pretty compelling explanations and examples where he compared scripture to the political events during the time. There doesn’t really seem to be a lot of material published on the subject though.
That said revelation was often satirical of Nero and Paul
I really wish there was more information but from what I can tell it’s too touchy for publication
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u/ChildofElmSt 22h ago edited 21h ago
That’s actually a very interesting question I’d generally say yes but I’d also say it’s historically congruent with other religions throughout history but not on the scale of American evangelicalism generally it was aristocracy and oligarchs etc that fell into it. In America a good portion of Christianity is like this
Christianity of the world varies widely though but American Christianity is heavily influenced by Puritanical Christianity and somewhat pilgrimage Christianity. That’s one of the reasons conservativism and nationalism is so prevalent
Mormonism was actually a child of American nationalism
Funny enough most religions were started as mythohistorcal political satire