LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY sunfell)

The "Gospel of Judas" thread has made me wonder if there might be the need for an offshoot of this community for discussions of historical Christianity. There seem to be a lot of folks here who are very knowledgeable in this subject, and if there's an interest, I might create a community for folks to discuss this very interesting and wide ranging subject.

Subjects would include: Early Christianity, history of the era, authors of the gospels, canonical and non-canon books, the various sects and schisms of Christianity including Gnostics, Coptics, Orthodox, etc., the Protestant Reformation and its offshoots, modern offshoots, heresies, inquisitions, and stuff like that. How did fundementalism as we know it get its start? What happened to the Pentecostals and AOG congregations when they moved indoors from their tents? How do offshoots like the Mormons, Moonies play into the big picture? Are Messianic Christians really Christian? Or Jewish? How about Christian Wiccans and Pagans? How did Vatican II change the Catholic Church? Is the American Catholic church eventually going to break away from Rome?

Stuff like that. Lots of deep digging, head-scratching, 'gee, I didn't know that' stuff. No flame wars, but debate would be welcome.

Any interest? Here's a poll...

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ETA: Looks like there's a reasonable interest in this idea. Now it needs a good name. LJ naming conventions say a-z, underscore and the numbers 0-9 with a 15-character limit. Submit your suggestions! I also need some folks to help me mind it- I have a lot of irons in the fire right now, and can't give it the undivided attention it will need in its early days. Volunteers? I need at least two.

ETA II: OK- it's done. Welcome to xtian_trackback! Please check it out, and if you have suggestions for the interest collection (I did it off the top of my head), improvements to the front door, a user picture, or other ideas and thoughts, go post 'em. Play nice!