Dear Pat,
My point is that I agree with Dom Sullivan that we should concentrate on
medieval religion instead of modern religion or politics or for that matter
religious politics. Before I get to be labeled revisionist (in David Irving
sense of the word), I would like to point out that I am not denying the
importance of the holocaust. Nor will I want the human tragedy involved to
be forgotten, but I do not see that medieval religion list is appropriate
forum for discussing it. So to put it shortly, yes I am putting in a good
word for more scholarship and less polemics (=politics).
Sincerely
Jussi Hanska
At 02:20 AM 14.1.2000 EST, you wrote:
>Jussi,
>
>If you're putting in a good word for more scholarship and less polemics, I
>agree.
>
>If you're saying let's go back to the rhetoric of 50 years ago, when
>"religion" meant Christianity, and one wasn't allowed to mention any
>religious faith other than Roman Catholicism or (sometimes) Protestantism,
>I'm not sure this is appropriate any longer. Too many of the wars going on
in
>the world today are pitting one religious faith against another, and at
least
>on this list it would be nice to have an atmosphere of greater tolerance and
>balance.
>
>Could you clarify exactly what you mean?
>
>IMHO, it's not so terrible to hear about the Crusades, once in a while, from
>the point of view of those crusaded against. List members who don't want to
>know about any point of view other than their own can simply not read those
>posts.
>
>pat
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>In a message dated 01/14/2000 1:50:18 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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>writes:
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>> Hear, Hear (that is, what Dom Sullivan writes)!
>>
>> Jussi Hanska
>>
>>
>>
>> At 02:42 PM 13.1.2000 -0600, you wrote:
>> >Dear Colleagues:
>> >
>> >Please, let's stick to medieval religion.
>> >
>> >Thomas Sullivan, OSB
>>
>
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