(WR) Varieties of Christianity

We spoke today about the vast range of sects of Christianity, reflecting something like the opposite of the Hindu attitude of inclusion. In a fascinating article on the science and experience of music in the current New Yorker magazine, Adam Gopnik observes in passing:  "He [Choueiri] was brought up in Lebanon in the nineteen-sixties, among the Antiochian Orthodox -- much the most ancient of Christians, the Antiochians look upon the Catholics rather the way Boston Episcopalians look upon Appalachian snake-handlers..."