Has anyone ever tried Synthetizing Stirnerite Egoism with Christianity?
I'm aware of how Weird this Combination sounds, but so far I have been thinking of a way to reconcile Stirner's Egoist Anarchism with Christianity.
More exactly, I once came up with a light Conception of what a "Christian Egoism" would be like:
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Christian Egoism is a Theological Position within Christianity that deems Egoism to be compatible with the Christian Faith. It radically reinterprets the known Christian Teaching to "Deny the Flesh" and is strongly influenced by Non-Mainstream Variants of Christianity like Christian Anti-Moralism and Process Theology. It challenges the claims of both "Mainstream" Egoism and Mainstream Christianity that Christianity is inherently opposed to Egoism.
First and foremost, Christian Egoism rejects the idea of making an Individual approach the Faith through Coercion, whether that be through Coercion from a Theocracy/Church or Imposed Fear of Hell, it argues that forcing an Individual to have a relationship with God leads the relationship to not be genuine. It instead believes that being a Christian should be a Conscious Choice of the Individual and that therefore part of the Individual's Self-Interest.
Process Theology is one of the core beliefs of Christian Egoism. This is because Christian Egoism sees Process Theology as fitting to understand God not as a Supreme Cosmic Dictator who rules over People with force, (So in this case, Christian Egoism also rejects the Notion that God punishes Non-Believing Populations with Disasters, Wars and so on) but as a Being who Relates with the Individual, (So, for example, when the Individual suffers, God does too) arguing that God is affected by what happens in the World and experiences Reality with Creation. Christian Egoism thinks that God influences Creation mainly through Persuasion, Attraction towards Christian beliefs, Creativity and Harmony, Creatures have real Freedom and the Future is Genuinely Open. Christian Egoism, therefore, emphasizes Cooperation between God and Creation and Divine Love as Relational rather than Coercive. Christian Egoism also rejects the idea that Creation is only a Past Event, arguing that its happening all the time as God is continuously Opening Possibilities and allowing Reality to be drawn towards Greater Complexity, Beauty or Value. In short, instead of treating the Individual as Subordinate to Divine Command, Christian Egoism treats the Individual and God as in a Dynamic Relationship of Becoming.
Christian Egoism strongly rejects what it calls "Moralized Christianity", that being the idea that Faith is simply Following Rules, Sin is Breaking them, Salvation is a reward for Correct Behavior, and God is a Cosmic Judge or Lawgiver, Christian Egoism argues that this is an Oversimplification that reshapes the Gospel into something like Ethical Bureaucracy. Christian Egoism believes that following God's Will (Once again, as a decision made out of the Individual's Self-Interest) involves being Spiritually Tranformed and Entering a New Life. It reinterprets Sin as a State of Alienation, Compulsion, Fragmentation and the Inability to live Fully, so Christian Egoism would say that someone who is in Sin is caught in a Condition that Enslaves them rather than Morally Failing. It also reinterprets Evil as an Ontological Deformation, meaning Loss of Relational Depth, being Trapped in Fear or Domination, and the Inability to Love or Create, rather than a Moral Category.
Christian Egoism reinterprets "Denying the Flesh" not as suppressing one's Uniqueness, but as refusing Identities and Compulsions that dominate the Individual, meaning that "Denying the Flesh" in this case means refusing to Live for Social Prestige, rejecting Internalized Guilt Systems and Breaking from Imposed Roles, turning Denial of the Flesh into an act of Self-Liberation.
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That being said, I'm aware that this isnt much and it doesnt answer multiple Questions that would be probably posed if someone discovered this Belief.
So my Question is, has there ever been a Theologian who actually made an Argument for Reconciling Christianity and Egoism? It would be really helpful for me.