<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+May 12 2009, 12:36 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ May 12 2009, 12:36 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->One way of looking at it is the non-Nicean sects of Christianity in Asia re-baselined their message and it becameIslam. The re-baselining was because the Nicean Christians became monarchianists- ie empire supporters. So from being rebels they became the Foundation.
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Christianity in the peripheral ME was a pacifying and domesticating force. Christianity in the Roman center, while jostling for power, was not so burdened. As soon as power was achieved, Constantine moved the power center to the East (to be closer to the stage of action?)..
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That the theology emanated from the East makes sense since the East is where the fodder class was located. Theology acts a lever to differentiate master and sepoy and imparts structural stabilty to the relationship. Try as you will you cannot Orientalize the West despite your best efforts. Even IPL cheerleaders are not experienced as an orientalizing effort by the West; just as rustification and archaizing phenomenon are foreign to the East
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Christianity in the peripheral ME was a pacifying and domesticating force. Christianity in the Roman center, while jostling for power, was not so burdened. As soon as power was achieved, Constantine moved the power center to the East (to be closer to the stage of action?)..
from the East-West Schism page:
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That the theology emanated from the East makes sense since the East is where the fodder class was located. Theology acts a lever to differentiate master and sepoy and imparts structural stabilty to the relationship. Try as you will you cannot Orientalize the West despite your best efforts. Even IPL cheerleaders are not experienced as an orientalizing effort by the West; just as rustification and archaizing phenomenon are foreign to the East