----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Is not the history of a church part of the history of religion, which also includes the history of theology? And also apropos of an earlier exchange, would one, in doing history of religion, define religion only in terms of one's preferred system of theology? I think not. This might leave gray area in re magic and superstition, but not involve omission of world religions and less comprehensive ones. Warren Samuels ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]