Red Theology: On the Christian Communist Tradition

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In Red Theology: On the Christian Communist Tradition, Roland Boer presents key moments in the 2,000 year tradition of Christian communism, moving from its roots in New Testament texts to unique developments in North Korea. Red Theology: On the Christian Communist Tradition......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 Series Editor's Preface......Page 13 Introduction......Page 14 1 Karl Kautsky's Forerunners of Modern Socialism......Page 23 1 The Manifold Types of Heretical Communism......Page 25 2 Müntzer and Münster......Page 32 3 Theology and Revolution......Page 38 2 Early Christian Communism as a Political Myth......Page 41 1 Reconstruction: Kautsky......Page 42 2 Reconstruction: Rosa Luxemburg......Page 44 3 Consumption versus Production, or, Transition......Page 45 4 The Question of History......Page 48 5 Political Myth......Page 53 1 Anti- or Pro-Empire?......Page 57 2 Contradiction Analysis......Page 60 3 Imaginary Resolution......Page 63 4 Conclusion......Page 72 4 Omnia Sunt Communia: Theology and Politics in Luther Blissett's Q......Page 73 1 Q and the Marxist Tradition......Page 75 2 Issues......Page 79 3 Conclusion: How to Be Truly Radical......Page 85 5 John Calvin and the Problem of Ungodly Rulers......Page 88 1 Two Kingdoms or One......Page 90 2 Anarchy or Tyranny......Page 91 3 Ungodly Rulers......Page 93 4 Subject Only in the Lord......Page 100 5 Conclusion......Page 103 1 Human Nature......Page 104 2 Engels, Luther and Thomas Müntzer......Page 106 3 Marx and Luther......Page 108 3.1 Two Revolutionary Stages......Page 109 3.2 A Revolutionary Reformation?......Page 111 3.3 The New Revolution......Page 113 4 Conclusion......Page 114 7 Heilsgeschichte, History and Marxism......Page 116 1 Calculating the Day......Page 118 2 Moving Mountains: Concerning Narrative Structure......Page 122 3 Relativising Theology......Page 129 8 Revisiting the Marxist-Christian Dialogue......Page 131 1 Limitations......Page 132 2 From Then .......Page 134 3.1 Human Nature......Page 139 3.2 Alienation......Page 141 3.3 Prometheus and the Future......Page 144 4 Conclusion: Reconsidering the Background......Page 147 9 Althusser and the Possibility of Religious Revolution......Page 150 1 Trapped in the Past......Page 151 2 Sources of Hope......Page 153 3 Conclusion......Page 161 10 By Science and Prayer: The Christian Communism of Farnham Maynard......Page 162 1 Science and Prayer......Page 164 2 Modulations of an Anglo-Catholic Dialectic......Page 167 3 Conclusion: On Enthusiasm......Page 177 11 Christian Communism and the Bolsheviks......Page 179 1 Peasant Socialism......Page 180 2 Twisting over Tolstoy......Page 184 3 God-Builders......Page 189 4 Conclusion......Page 195 12 The Taiping Revolution: Christian Communism Comes to China......Page 196 1 The Dream......Page 197 2 Hong and the Bible......Page 198 3 Revolution and Community......Page 202 4 Interpreting the Taiping Revolution......Page 205 5 Mao Zedong and the Taiping Revolution......Page 209 13 Chinese Christian Communism in the Early Twentieth Century......Page 213 1 Revolutionary Times and Influences......Page 214 2.1 Method......Page 217 2.2 Reconstruction......Page 220 2.3 Identity and Difference......Page 224 3 Conclusion: Christianity and Marxism with Chinese Characteristics?......Page 225 14 Religion and Revolution in Korea......Page 228 1 Chondoism......Page 229 2 Protestant Christians......Page 235 3 The dprk Today......Page 242 4 Juche Theology?......Page 247 Conclusion......Page 250 Bibliography......Page 260 Index......Page 301