Local Christianity

 Dear Friends:

Re: Local Christianity' https://www.amazon.com/Confessional-County-Realizing-Kingdom-Christendom/dp/1513684752
You might study Johnson's 'History of Christianity. He maintains that the Cistercians (monks) developed agriculture in the 'Middle Ages' (He also seems to maintain that as the Roman Empire fell, the 'Christian Empire' rose, as sons of leading families went into administration of monkish subgroups--my interpretation.
Also, Hoppe 'Short History of Man' holds that as civilization falls globally, local leaders/natural leaders will emerge.
Of course, JBJ and ERH both point to neo-tribalism, ERH in his chiasstic view ('Universal History 1954' @ www.erhfund.org--free download of Dartmouth lectures, free transcript too) and JBJ in 'Crisis...'In Jeremiah Time we must both buy the plot of land and work for the good of the city. Bancor's work with community currencies for economic development in Kenya is worth studying, as is Berman's comment in 'Law and Revolution' that in medieval city charter was included the authority to mint local coinage.

Love in King Jesus,
Chuck 'dealmaker for the good of the city' Hartman
PS: In Jay Abraham's GREAT book, 'Getting Everything You Can Oout Of All You've Got' he limns the currency that any business can issue. Also, the history of S&H Green Stamps as currency/trade increasing is worthwhile. There was a store in Perry, Iowa in the 1950s that ONLY sold goods for Gold Bond stamps. (But then I studied Latin in public school then, and we sang a Latin Hymn is the Campbellite church youth program.