Religion and society

[UBoru@aol.com]

I am entering a fray with an opinion that may incense some members. Like it
or not, the Catholic church was a major influence in both the daily lives and
politics of the people of Europe. If people at demos ask about this important
aspect of the middle ages, we should be able to answer them intelligently. I
understand that some of the Fundamentalists will be against this past history
of religion but too bad. Until the SCA is willing to truly accept and be
willing to teach at demos the role of the Church or religion in daily life,
it will be just a make believe group that likes to dress up and knows some
history. It can never be regarded as a historical recreation group. Those who
do Civil War recreation seem to have no problem acknowledging the place of
reliigon in the time period in which they specialize to the point of even
having chaplains for the armies.

Brigantia