Dussel, Enrique2019-09-252019-09-252013-07-091981http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/191027"THE EXPANSION of Christianity from the fourteenth century onwards, that is to say in modern times, had many positive aspects, but also a fundamental limitation. It was the expansion of Christendom, as a total historical package, which included, implicitly although not always explicitly, the Christian religion, the churches (first the Catholic, then the Protestant from the eighteenth century onwards). Kierkegaard criticised Christendom in the name of Christianity. Christendom was the 'making worldly' of Christianity, making it a Church identified with the State, a 'positive', objectified, alienated Christianity.l The prophet of Copenhagen based his criticism on the subjective, internal values of tormented individuality which called for a 'world turned upside down'.2 In fact Christianity is Christendom turned upside down, but perhaps this inversion should have a more radical, essential basis."engWith permission of the license/copyright holderChristendomChristianityecclesiologychristian developmentReligious ethicsComparative religious ethicsGlobal Church History and World ChristianityEarly churchWorld ChristianityArticle