On the 1 in 18 American Men thread, GY, responding to something someone else wrote, said the following;
This is that other conversation. Is this a commonly held view, that US Christianity is especially Pauline?
I'd tend to the opposite view, that US Christianity is distinctively and uniquely gnostic in its culture and practice, and hence opposed implacably to Paulinism. This is doubly true if you construe "Christianity" broadly enough to include the Mormons which - I reluctantly suppose - you probably should.
Harold Bloom says so, so it must be true...
I'd also agree that US Christianity is uniquely Pauline, which is also why it tends to be so nutty, but that's another conversation.
I'd tend to the opposite view, that US Christianity is distinctively and uniquely gnostic in its culture and practice, and hence opposed implacably to Paulinism. This is doubly true if you construe "Christianity" broadly enough to include the Mormons which - I reluctantly suppose - you probably should.
Harold Bloom says so, so it must be true...
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