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== Criticism of classifying [[Christianity]] as a species of genus religion ==

== Criticism of classifying [[Christianity]] as a species of genus religion ==

There are scholars like [[Visser't Hooft]] who resist the notion of [[Christianity]] as a "species of the [[genus]] religion." He argues that Christianity is an "adequate and definitive [[Revelation (religion)|revelation]] of [[God]] in history," that classifying Christianity as one expression of "a general phenomenon called religion is to set it in a framework which is foreign to its nature. In differentiating the world religions from the world of revelation, Jean Danielou says, "The worst misunderstanding of Christianity or of [[Judaism]] is to make them religions among other religions — the very error of [[syncretism]]."<ref name="Christopaganism">{{cite book

There are scholars like [[Visser't Hooft]] who resist the notion of [[Christianity]] as a ''"species of the [[genus]] religion."'' He argues that Christianity is an ''"adequate and definitive [[Revelation (religion)|revelation]] of [[God]] in history,"'' that classifying Christianity as one expression of ''"a general phenomenon called religion is to set it in a framework which is foreign to its nature."'' In differentiating the world religions from the world of revelation, Jean Danielou says, ''"The worst misunderstanding of Christianity or of [[Judaism]] is to make them religions among other religions — the very error of [[syncretism]]."''<ref name="Christopaganism">{{cite book

|title=Christopaganism or Indigenous Christianity?

|title=Christopaganism or Indigenous Christianity?

|author=Alan R. Tippet

|author=Alan R. Tippet