Christianity, Fall of Rome, Dark Ages-ZoomTalk-DrJames Rietveld-March14,8pm

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Join us for "Christianity, the Fall of the Roman Empire &amp; the Dark Ages" a virtual Zoom talk with Dr. James Rietveld Thursday, March 14. 8pm

Join us for a "Christianity, the Fall of the Roman Empire &amp; the Dark Ages" Zoom Talk by Dr. James Rietveld on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 8 p.m.Pay What You Wish: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/813713056657Often we hear about the Fall of Rome and the beginning of the Dark Ages and the narrative presented by scholars and popular audiences alike is that Christianity has something to do with it, that this belief system was part of the fall of this great empire, leading to a backward, barbaric, and illiterate age, full of violence, and setting the advancement of civilization, whether in ethics or in technology, by a thousand years. Edward Gibbon in his Decline &amp; Fall of the Roman Empire declared: "the church and even the state were distracted by religious factions, whose conflicts were sometimes bloody and always implacable; the attention of the emperors was diverted from camps to synods; the Roman world was oppressed by a new species of tyranny, and the persecuted sects became the secret enemies of their country." Without a doubt, Christianity participated in some way to the Fall of Rome, but how and what does exactly this really mean. As for the Dark Ages, what does this mean, what REALLY happened, and what was the actual role of Christianity in this crisis? How much of this story is spin, rhetoric, revisionism? This talk will expose that so much of what is taught is incorrect, even in history books. Be prepared to really hear the story according to the historical and archaeological evidence on hand!This lecture will be posted on the Dr. James Rietveld Salon Lecture You Tube channel, where you can also watch previous lectures: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.jamesrietveldsalonlectu2903Dr. James Rietveld is a professor at CSU, Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona, CA of History, Anthropology, Religion with a PHD from Claremont School of Religion, is author of two books, and can be seen on History channel's "Crazy Rich Ancients."

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