> In its current forms, Christianity ranges the Christian Coalition to the
> Metropolitan Community Church and various gay/lesbian denominational
> organizations, from liberation theology to the Opus Dei, from Quakers to
> Southern Baptists. Historically, it ranges from the Crusades to the Christian
> communists, from the defense of slavery to the promotion of abolitionism,
> from apologies for imperialism to the beachhead of anti-imperialism. It makes
> little sense to make across the board, sweeping generalizations about those
> different forms, unless one wants to stereotype in ways that are simply not
> very useful to good social analysis.
>
The question, in each instance, is the configuration of sado-masochism involved. Which aspect is dominant? How, in each instance, does the hidden aspect function beneath the surface? What family experiences, and material realities that form them go on to create these diverse psychological processes and ideological manifestations? And so forth. Sado-masochism is a complex concept, but extremely useful in making sense out of experience.
Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema
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