Jesus’ Empire or the Empire’s Jesus?
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In response to Burton Mack’s argument in “A Secular Bible?” that a Christian myth or “Christian mentality” drives American empire, this essay suggests that Christian myths should be seen as products of empire. As we can see by looking at 19th and 20th century racist and anti-racist versions of Jesus, base determines superstructure at least some of the time.
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Jesus’ Empire or the Empire’s Jesus?
In: Method & Theory in the Study of ReligionSearch for other papers by Craig Martin in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
In response to Burton Mack’s argument in “A Secular Bible?” that a Christian myth or “Christian mentality” drives American empire, this essay suggests that Christian myths should be seen as products of empire. As we can see by looking at 19th and 20th century racist and anti-racist versions of Jesus, base determines superstructure at least some of the time.
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| Abstract Views | 197 | 42 | 9 |
| Full Text Views | 69 | 2 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 18 | 2 | 1 |