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Re: Darwin fish
Iain Davidson (idavidso@METZ.UNE.EDU.AU)
Thu, 18 May 1995 13:01:25 +1000
Tom Love writes
>The discussion has been wonderful. I hope to be posting more in a few
>days. In the meantime I'm trying to track down when/who/where the modern
>Christian use of the fish symbol came about, and what were the meanings
>attached. Preliminary discussion with colleagues and friends suggests
>that it started out in the mid-70s much like the usage in the early church
>days as a sign of mutual recognition, not really a political statement per
>se, but that it's become politicized and more narrowly confined to
>conservative Christians of late.
Forgive me, I have become vry curious about the pattern of responses in
these sorts of lists. Can you explain to me why he should post a question
that is almost identical to mine, and with some of the same observations
without reference to it?
This is what I posted on 17/5/95
So we know the origins of the Xtian thing, but when did it start to
reappear? It seems to me that it was not common until ?1970s? Was this a
Billy Graham thing or something associated with those sort of cults. Was
it American or more widespread?
Iain Davidson
Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology
University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351
AUSTRALIA
Tel +61 +67 732 441
Fax +61 +67 732 526
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