The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerbe

The Dark Side of Christian History
by Helen Ellerbe

Over a period of nearly two millennia, the Christian Church has oppressed and brutalized millions of individuals. Meticulously researched and courageously written, The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerbe examines the Church's devastating impact upon human freedom, dignity and spirituality. Written for the lay reader, this controversial book is especially relevant today as the religious right is attempting to assert greater influence in American politics and society. "The Dark Side of Christian History presents a compelling argument that the Church's desire to control and contain spiritually motivated its persecution of heretics, its burning of libraries, the Crusades, the Inquisition, and the witch-hunts. This dark Christianity has left a legacy, a world view, which permeates every aspect of Western society. It is a legacy which fosters sexism, racism, the intolerance of difference and the desecration of the natural environment.


Contents:

I. Seeds of Tyranny
II. Political Maneuvering: Making Christianity Palatable to the Romans
III. Deciding upon Doctrine: Sex, Free Will, Reincarnation and the Use of Force
IV. The Church Takes Over: The Dark Ages
V. The Church Fights Change: The Middle Ages
VI. Controlling the Human Spirit: the Inquisition and Slavery
VII. The Reformation: Converting the Populace
VIII. The Witch Hunts: The End of Magic and Miracles
IX. Alienation from Nature
X. A World Without God
XI. Conclusion


Published in 1995 by Morningstar Books

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