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An "Essential" Christian Doesn't Exist

An "Essential" Christian Doesn't Exist

An Academic Essay on the Problem of Essential Christianity

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May 16, 2024
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Introduction

The idea of “religion” is a thoroughly modern concept.[1] Scholars from various fields ranging from anthropology to sociology to psychology have sought to offer a coherent definition to describe the practices and beliefs of various groups of people as if these were all one cohesive thing: a so-called religion. Religion has been defined by a …

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