Template talk:Christian History

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[edit] NPOV issues

I see a whole bunch of problems with this template. In the first place, it purports to be "Christian History", but the main link is to History of Christianity. Secondly, it imports categories of secular history, which obviously do not match the topics described. While the Second Great Awakening may have links to the Industrial Revolution, it is harder to see this connection with respect to camp meetings. Hence, this scheme has imposed a certain grid on the list of topics, which interferes with the neutrality.

The topics are basically arranged chronologically - the categories also should be merely chronological. This will also eliminate a few of the other mistakes, such as including Anabaptism with the Protestant Reformation. And including Constantine in the "Christian Roman Empire". StAnselm (talk) 23:00, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and it's also very US- and Anglo-centric. And why isn't there anything about Christian missions? There is so much selectivity involved in a template like this, I have grave doubts about its utility. StAnselm (talk) 23:07, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I can fix some of you concerns but other I do not understand.

For example "Christian History" is the "History of Christianity" or "Church History" by another name. What is your point?

I will remove some of the links to the Industrial Revolution and such.

Note well-- I only have organization and good topics/links set-up for the sections up to the Middle Ages. I will do the Reformation next-- maybe you will like it better then. --Carlaude (talk) 23:12, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, I would view "Christian History" as an historiographical approach. And I don't think "Christian Roman Empire" is a good category at all. For example, what will you do about Christianity outside the Roman empire? StAnselm (talk) 23:32, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

The Timeline of Christian missions on the very bottom bar. Asia, Germanic, & Scandinavian are about missions. Do you know of other that are high quality?--Carlaude (talk) 23:17, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

There is no perfect system but these sections come from the sections of book on the topic (the book section have much in common with each other) -- including "Christian Roman Empire."

Christianity outside the Roman empire is covered in History of Eastern Christianity in Asia, Syriac Christianity, and Armenian Apostolic Church under the Eastern Christianity section and Celtic Christianity under Middle Ages section. We are limited to the articles that actually exist on WP.--Carlaude (talk) 14:25, 23 May 2008 (UTC)