Index
Agriculture 37 –39 43
,
52 –56 166
,
176 Subsistence survival
Alienation 128 –31
‘All things in common’ (Omnia sunt communia) 1
,
22
,
29
,
30 –32 40
,
60
,
64
,
68
,
238 –39
Althusser, Louis 6
Roman Catholic Church and 6
,
138 –40
Social revolution and 141 –44
Spiritual revolution and 6
,
140 –41 144 –48
Anabaptists 15
,
26
,
33
,
35
,
66 –67 69 –71 90
,
101
Münster Revolution and 3
,
11
,
12
,
18
,
19
,
23 –25 35
,
61 –62 64 –65 72
,
103
,
238 Kautsky, Karl; Q
Anglo-Catholicism 6
,
149 –50 152 –54 157
,
164 –65 Maynard, Farnham
Anti-colonialism 5
,
134 –35 139
,
183
,
197 –98 201
,
219 –20 225 China; Korea; Soviet Union
Apocalyptic 5
,
19
,
23
,
49
,
65 –68 104
,
108 –9 Eschatology
Apostolic Brethren 14 –16
Arnold of Brescia 14 –15
Augustine of Hippo 4
,
91 –93 101 –2 120
,
128
,
132
,
139
,
176
,
180
Bauer, Bruno 5
,
107
Marx and 5
,
104 –6 108
Barth, Karl 118
,
132 –33 136
Beghards 11
,
14 –15 26
,
146
Beguines 15
,
26
,
146
Bernstein, Eduard 10
,
163
Betrayal (‘Fall’) narrative 121
Kautsky and 13 –14 18
,
20
,
30 –31
Lunachasky and 179 –80
Bible
Betrayal (‘Fall’) narrative and 18
,
180
Bloch, Ernst, and 65
Calvin and 4
,
75
,
80 –86 89 –90
Christian communism and 1
,
11
,
16 –17 19
,
21 –23 26
,
28
,
30 –31 35 –36 40 –41 238
,
242 –44
dprk and 232
Engels and 5
,
10
,
94 –95 106 –8
The German Ideology and 112
Hong Xiuquan and 186 –88
Kautsky and 3
,
10 –11 21 –23 26
,
28 –31
Lochman, Jan, and 132
Lunacharsky and 65
,
177
,
179 –80 183
Luther and 94 –95
Marx and 104 –6
Maynard, Farnham, and 151 –52
Müntzer and 21 –23
Political ambivalence in 2
,
44 –59
Subsistence survival and 38
Taiping Revolution and 7
,
183
,
186 –89 190 –92 195 –96
Tolstoy and 172
Wu Leichuan and 203
,
209 –10
Zhu Weizhi and 203 –4 207 –8
Biblical references
3
,
47
,
48
,
50
,
57
,
58
,
68
,
93
Acts of the Apostles 2:44–45; 3:1–10; 4:32–35. 1
,
30
,
170
,
203
Apocalypse (Revelation) 5
,
65
,
104
,
106 –8
1 Corinthians 1:23, 26–27; 3:1–3; 5:5; 6:16–17; 7; 8:12; 9:19, 21; 12:13; 15:3, 17, 20, 21–22, 50. 30
,
47
,
50
,
57
,
111 –12
2 Corinthians 2:16, 21; 4:10–12; 5:19, 21. 47
Galatians 2:16, 17, 21; 3:1, 10–14, 22, 24, 28; 4:23, 29; 5:4, 13, 16–26; 6:2, 8. 47
,
48
,
49
,
50
Genesis 1–3. 167
,
180
Isaiah 105 –6
James, Epistle of 30
John 12:24–25; 16:20–21 207
,
210
Luke 3:11; 6:20–25; 8:3; 9:59–62; 10:25–37; 12:22–31, 33, 49–53; 14:26, 33; 15:1–32; 16:19–31; 18:18–28; 20:25; 22:33–34, 38. 30
,
36
,
101
,
203
,
210
Mark 3:35; 10:17–31, 29; 12:13–17; 13:31; 14:29–31. 30
,
93
,
101
,
208
,
210
Matthew 4:1–11; 6:32–33; 7:7; 10:16, 34; 17:20; 19:24, 25:14–30; 25:35–36, 40; 26:33–35 30
,
101
,
168
,
207
,
208
,
210
1 Peter 2:13 45
,
81
Philippians 1:20–24; 3:2–4, 9. 47
,
57
,
58
1 Timothy 2:1–2. 45
,
81
Titus 3:1. 45
,
81
Bloch, Ernst 4
,
8
,
16
,
22 –23 118
,
134
,
181
Q and 61 –67 72
Warm stream of Marxism 67
,
164
,
177
Boer, Dick (theologian) 242 –45
Bohemian Brethren 17 –18
Bohemian Reformation 15 –17 241
Bonch-Bruevich, Vladimir 169
Brethren of the Free Spirit 68 –69
Cabet, Étienne 42
Calvin, John 1
,
4
,
49
,
62
,
75 –90 132
Anarchy and 78 –79
Disobeying ungodly rulers 4
,
82 –90
Engels and 63
,
106
,
224
Institutes of the Christian Religion 75 –90
Political ambivalence of 4
,
45
,
82 –90 237
Spiritual and temporal kingdoms 77 –78 80 –81
Spiritual escapism and 79
Tyranny and 79 –81 Reformed (churches); Protestant Christianity
China 7 –8 183 –99 200 –14
Christian communism and 200 –14 239
,
241
,
245
Christianity and 201 –2
Kautsky and 202 –4
Kim Il Sung and 219
,
221 –22 224
,
228
,
235
Marxism and
Marxist-Christian dialogue (outside scope of) 121
,
134
Maynard, Farnham, and 6
,
163
,
165 –66
Taiping Revolution 183 –99
Transcendence (absence of concept in) 117 Hong Xiuquan; Mao Zedong; Sinification; Taiping Revolution; Three-Self Patriotic Movement Church; Wu Leichuan; Wu Yaozong; Zhu Weizhi
Christian communism, definition of 2
Chondoism 216 –18
Kim Il Sung and 218 –22
Peasants and 216 –18 220 –22
Church
(
Eastern Orthodox; Lutheran; Protestant; Reformed; Roman Catholic
)
Class struggle 14
,
65
,
114 –15 121 –22 143
,
163
,
197
,
208 –9 211
Colonial regime
(
polis-chōra
)
Communism of consumption
(
economics
)
Communism of production
(
economics
)
‘Community of women’ (accusation) 24
Communal organisation (communalism) 2
,
4
,
7
,
20 –21 25 –26 34 –35 190 –2
Passive-active distinction and 25
Q and 68 –70
Revolution and 2
,
4
,
21
,
25 –26 180 –81 194 –96
Contradiction analysis 3
Apostle Paul and 47 –59
Marx and Engels and 103 –6
Dialectical materialism 5
,
8
,
28
Subjective-Objective and 123 –25 Historical materialism
Doukhobors 167
,
169
Dulcinians 11
,
13 –16 25 –26 238
Eastern Orthodox (Church) 14
,
45
,
92
,
128
Russian Orthodox Church 6
,
104
,
155
,
158
,
161
,
170
,
176
,
182
,
233
,
234
Economics 3
,
7
,
11 –14 16 –20 24 –26 28 –29 62
,
67
,
69 –70 75
,
79
,
100
,
113
,
117
,
123 –24 126
,
128 –30 138 –40 142 –43 147
,
150 –51 153
,
159
,
164
,
177
,
179
,
183
,
201
,
205 –8 211
,
213
,
215 –16 231
,
233
,
241
Apostle Paul and 3
,
52 –56 59
Communism of production/consumption 3
,
13
,
17
,
31 –35 43
,
190 –91 195
Early Christian communism and 29
,
32 –34 37 –41 207
Kautsky and 11 –14 16 –20 24 –26 28 –29 63
Taiping Revolution and 189 –95
Tolstoy and 172 –74 Land regime; polis-chōra, Subsistence survival
Education
(
Lunacharsky, Anatoly
)
Apocalypse and 5
,
106 –8
Müntzer and 4
,
62 –63 93 –95
Luther and 93 –95
Peasant Revolution and 4
,
62 –63 91
,
93 –95 194
Q and 62 –63
The German Ideology 5
,
104
,
110 –16 Müntzer, Thomas; Peasant Revolution; Stirner, Max
Eschatology 102
,
104 –6 177
Early (non-Marxist) eschatological communism 108 –9
Proleptic communism and 133 –34 Salvation history
Essenes 8 –9 29
Evil, problem of 130 –31
Fetishism 128 –29
Feuerbach, Ludwig 5
,
51
,
96 –97 108
,
111
,
115
,
122 –23 128
,
141
,
176
Fourier, Charles 108
Gapon, Georgi 174
Garaudy, Roger 118 –21 123 –24 126 –28 131
,
133 –35
German Revolution
Luther and 4
,
91
,
98 –101
Marx and 4
,
91
,
98 –101
God-building
(
Lunacharsky, Anatoly
)
Gore, Charles 151 –52
Gramsci, Antonio 4
Q and 65 –66
Reformation and 4
,
65 –66
Greco-Roman economy 3
,
29
,
39 –41 53
,
55 polis-chōra; Land regime; Slave regime
Heilsgeschichte
(
Salvation History
)
Hess, Moses 104
,
106 –8
Historical materialism 8
,
11 –12 18
,
29
,
36
,
110
,
114 –16 204 –5 208 Dialectical materialism
Hong Xiuquan
Bible and 186 –88
Biography of 185 –86
Dream of 184 –86 195
Liang Fa and 186
Relationship with Jesus Christ 186
,
188
,
193 Taiping Revolution
Horkheimer, Max 239 –41
Human nature
Luther on 91 –93
Marxism on 91 –93
Marxist-Christian dialogue and 5 –6 126 –28 Augustine of Hippo; Pelagius
Hus, Jan 17
,
65 Bohemian Reformation
Jesus 8
,
41
Engels and 107
Hong Xiuquan and 186
,
188
,
193
Kautsky and 26
,
29 –30 36
Kim Il Sung and 223
,
229
Lochman, Jan, and 130
,
133
,
242
Lunacharsky, Anatoly, and 65
,
176 –77
Luther and 93
Luxemburg, Rosa, and 31
Paul (Apostle) and 48 –50
Q and 69
Stirner, Max, and 110 –11
Wu Leichuan and 209 –10
Wu Yaozong and 208 –9
Zhu Weizhi and 207 –8
Joachim of Fiore 16
,
19
,
65
,
181
Juche 234 –35
Theology and 234 –36
Kautsky, Karl 1
,
103
,
107
,
117
,
118
,
156
,
159
,
240
33 –34 181
,
198 –99
Betrayal narrative and 13 –14 18
,
20
,
30 –31 180
Bible and 3
,
10 –11 21 –23 26
,
28 –31
China and 202 –4
Early Christianity 3
,
13 –14 29 –31
Economics and 11 –14 16 –20 24 –26 28 –29 63
Forerunners of Modern Socialism (Die Vorläufer des neueren Sozialismus) 1 –3 10 –29 31
,
37
,
41
,
43
,
60
Foundations of Christianity 3
,
13
,
15
,
28 –31 179
,
202
Jesus and 26
,
29 –30 36
Lunacharsky, Anatoly, and 167
,
176
,
179 –81
Münster Revolution and 23 –25 63 –64
Müntzer and 3
,
10
,
19 –23 60
,
63 –65 95
Reception of 40 –41
Q and 4
,
63 –65 70
,
72 –73
Theology and 25 –27
Wu Leichuan 203
Zhu Weizhi 203 –4 Economics; Münster; Müntzer, Thomas
Kim Il Sung 8
,
215 –29
Chondoism and 8
,
218 –22
‘Opium of the people’ and 221 –22
Protestant Christianity and 8
,
222 –29
Reformed church (Presbyterian) and 8
,
216
,
222 –25
Son Jong Do and 227 –29
Writing style of 223
Korean Christian Federation 232 –34
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 8
Chondoism and 216 –18
Christian churches and 8
,
215
,
226 –27
Constitution of 216
Destruction of during Korean War 226 –27 232
Freedom of religion in 216
Historical models concerning Christian history in 230 –31
Juche theology 234 –36
Korean Christian Federation 232 –34
Misinformation about 215
Protestant Christianity in 222 –29
Resurgence of Christianity in 227
,
230 –31 232 –33 Chondoism; Kim Il Sung
Lafargue, Paul 10
,
19
Land regime 55 –56 59 Colonial regime; polis-chōra; Subsistence survival
Lenin, Vladimir 7
,
167 –71
Peasant socialism and 167 –71
Tolstoy and 7
,
171 –76
Liberation theology 128 –29
Life and death 56 –59
Lochman, Jan 129 –30 131 –33 241 –42
Lollards 11
,
14 –16 25 –26
Lunacharsky, Anatoly 4
,
7
,
176 –82
Betrayal narrative and 179 –80
Christian communist tradition and 179 –82
Education and 7
,
182
God-building and 7
,
176 –82
Myth and poetry in 177
Paul (Apostle) and 177 –80
Political ambivalence and 178
Q and 64 –65 67
Revolution and 178
,
180 –81
Warm stream of Marxism and 67
,
176 –77
Lutheran (Church) 4
,
91
,
99 –100 120
,
128 Luther, Martin
Luther Blissett
(
Q
)
Luther, Martin 4
Engels and 4
,
93 –95
Human nature and 91 –93
Marx and 4
,
95 –101
Luxemburg, Rosa 3
,
31 –34
Mao Zedong 3
,
239
Contradiction analysis of 3
,
57
Peasants and 7
,
183
,
197 –99
Sinification and 213
Taiping Revolution and 7
,
196 –99
Marx, Karl 4
,
62 –63 123
Bauer, Bruno, and 5
,
104 –6 108
Luther and 4
,
95 –101
Stirner, Max, and 5
,
110 –16
The German Ideology 5
,
104
,
110 –16
Marxist-Christian dialogue 5 –6
Alienation and 128 –31
Atheism and 121 –22
Doctrine of evil and 5
Human nature and 5 –6 126 –28
Praxis and 122 –25
Proleptic theology and 5
,
133 –34
Prometheus and 131 –32
Soviet-Church compact and 6
,
134 –36
Maynard, Farnham 6
Anglo-Catholicism and 6
Dialectic of science and prayer 6
,
151 –54
Intellectual and institution 156 –57
Mystical theology and 157 –58
Political ambivalence of religion 154 –58
Socialism in power and 6
Translations between religion and socialism 158 –64
Warm stream and 164 –65
Monasticism 12
,
16
,
18
,
34
,
41
,
99
,
146
,
179
More, Thomas 18 –19 34
Münster (Revolution of) 3 –4 10 –11 18
,
23 –26 34 –35 185
Anabaptists and 3
,
11 –12 18
,
19
,
23 –25 35
,
61 –62 64 –65 72
,
90
,
103
,
238
Countering bias against 22 –23
C0unter-revolution and 25 –26
Kautsky and 11 –12 18
,
23 –25 34 –35 63 –64
Lunacharsky, Anatoly, and 181
Q and 61 –64 67 –74
Work in progress 24 –25 Anabaptists; Kautsky, Karl; Q
Müntzer, Thomas
Bible and 21 –23
Calvin and 82
Engels and 4
,
62 –63 93 –95
German Democratic Republic and 23
Kautsky and 3
,
10
,
19 –23 60
,
63 –65 95
Luther and 22
,
45
Peasant Revolution and 18 –23 26
,
60
,
61 –65 67 –68 72
,
103
,
146
,
156
,
181
,
238
Q and 60 –62 64 –65 67 –72
Theology of 20 –21 26 –27 101
,
195
Transcendence and 132 Engels, Friedrich; Kautsky, Karl; Peasant Revolution; Q
Narodniks 166
,
169
,
171
Old Believers 169 –70
Omnia sunt communia
(
All things in common
)
Paul, Apostle
Calvin and 90
Contradiction analysis of 3
,
47 –59
Economic analysis and 3
,
52 –56 59
Lunacharsky, Anatoly, and 177 –80
Political ambivalence of 3
,
44 –59 103
,
157
Roman Empire and 44 –46
Peasant communes 166 –67
Peasant Revolution 3 –4 16
Engels and 4
,
62 –63 91
,
93 –95 194
England and 16
Kabo Peasant War 216
,
220
Kautsky and 3
,
10 –12 18 –23 25
,
60
Mao Zedong and 7
,
183
,
197 –99
Müntzer and 18 –23 26
,
60
,
61 –65 67 –68 72
,
103
,
146
,
156
,
181
,
238
Q and 61 –65 67 –68 71 –72 Engels, Friedrich; Kautsky, Karl; Mao Zedong; Müntzer, Thomas; Taiping Revolution
Peasants
Chondoism and 216 –18 220 –22
Early Christianity and 29
,
32
,
39 –40 53 –56 58
Taiping Revolution and 189 –90 194
,
196 Subsistence survival
Peasant socialism 7
,
167 –71 237
Tolstoy and 171 –76 182
Pelagius 91 –93 102 –3 127 –28
Marxism and 4
,
92 –93 130 Augustine of Hippo
Plato 11 –13 25
,
33
,
139
Polis-chōra (in Greco-Roman colonization) 38 –40 52 –56 59
Political ambivalence 2
Calvin and 4
,
45
,
82 –90 237
Lunacharsky, Anatoly, and 178
Luther and 94 –95
Maynard, Farnham, and 6, 154 –58
Paul (Apostle) and 3
,
44 –59 103
,
157
Q and 4
,
70 –72
Wu Yaozong and 212
Political myth 3
,
40 –43
Protestant Christianity
Anabaptism and 23
China and 201 –2
dprk and 229 –34
Kim Il Sung and 8
,
222 –29
Marx and 96
,
99
Marxist-Christian dialogue and 118 –19 133 –34
Q and 62
,
64
Taiping Revolution and 193 –94 Calvin, John; Engels, Friedrich; Luther, Martin; Reformed (churches)
Q (novel) 3 –4 65 –66
Bloch, Ernst, and 61 –67 72
Engels and 62 –63
Müntzer and 60 –62 64 –65 67 –72
Political ambivalence and 4
,
70 –72
Translation and 4
,
73 –74
Warm stream and 66 –68
Reformation (Protestant) 1
,
3 –4 11 –12 14
,
18 –22 26 –27 35
,
61 –62 65 –66 72
,
75 –90 146
Revolution and 96
,
98 –101 145 –46
Reformed (churches) 75 –90
Boer, Dick, and 242 –45
Engels and 63
,
75
,
106
,
224
Kim Il Sung and 8
,
216
,
222 –25
Lochman, Jan 130 –33 Boer, Dick; Calvin, John; Engels, Friedrich; Kim Il Sung; Lochman, Jan; Protestant Christianity; Reformation
Religion
(
Calvin, John; Luther, Martin; Eastern Orthodox; Protest Christianity; Roman Catholic Church; Reformation; Reformed (churches); Theology)
Revelation
(
Apocalypse
)
Revolution
Communalism and 2
,
4
,
7
,
25 –26 180 –81 194 –96
Cuban revolution 145
Reform and 145 –46
Revolutionary Jesus 207 –10 Althusser, Louis; China; Korea; German Revolution; Münster; Peasant Revolution; Russian Revolution; Taiping Revolution
Ricci, Mateo 187
,
201 –2 213
Roman Catholic (church) 6
,
15 –16 18
,
23
,
62
,
64
,
99
,
107
,
110
,
118 –20 123
,
137 –40 142
,
144 –46 148
,
162
,
187
,
192
,
194
,
201
,
217
,
226
,
233 Althusser, Louis
Russian Revolution 7
,
64
,
69
,
123
,
135
,
151
,
155 –56 173
,
176
,
182
,
197
,
237
Saint-Simon, Henri de 108
Salvation History (Heilgeschichte) 5
Marxism and 5
,
103 –17
Secularisation of 103 –4 109
Saxony 18
,
20 –21 95
Sinification 7
,
196
Christianity and 196
,
198
,
201 –2 206
,
213 –14
Marxism and 199
,
213 –14
Slavery (and slave regime) 13 –14 29 –33 39
,
40
,
47 –48 50
,
53 –56 57 –59 115
,
179
,
191
,
196
,
211
,
243
Socialism in power 5
,
6
As work in progress 24 –25
Boer, Dick, and 24 2–45
Criticism in 241 –46
Dealing with counter-revolution 24 –25
Korea (dprk) and 241
Lochman, Jan, and 241 –42
Three-Self Patriotic Movement and 241 Boer, Dick; China; Korea; Lochman, Jan
Son Jong Do, Reverend 8
,
228 –29
Soviet Union 6
,
7
,
93
,
119
,
121
,
123
,
127
,
129 –30 132
,
153
,
161
,
163
,
165 –66 170
,
182
,
198
,
215
,
225
,
235
,
239 –41 244
Compact with Russian Orthodox Church 6
,
135 –36 155
,
161
,
182 Lenin, Vladimir; Lunacharsky, Anatoly; Stalin, Joseph; Tolstoy, Leo
Stalin, Joseph 93
,
123 –24 127 –28 132
,
139
,
159
,
162
,
240
Barth, Karl, and 132
Compact with Russian Orthodox Church 6
,
135 –36 155
,
161
,
182
Context for Marxist-Christian dialogue and 134 –36
Stirner, Max 5
,
110 –16
The German Ideology and 5
,
104
,
110 –16
Student Christian Movement (scm) 149
,
151
Subsistence survival (and subsistence regime) 37 –39 41
,
43
,
54 –56
Ancient Southwest Asia (and early Christianity) and 37 –38 54 –56
Russia and 166 –67 173
,
176
Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) 196
,
201
Taborites 15 –17 25
,
35
,
238
Taiping Revolution 7
,
189 –196 191 –92 195 –96
Anti-imperialism of 187 –88
Ban on images and 187 –88
Bible and 7
,
183
,
186 –89 190 –92 195 –96
Class appeal of 196
Economic reorganisation 190 –91
Effect on perceptions of Christianity 201 –2
Gender and 192
,
195
Interpretations of 192 –94
Mao Zedong and 7
,
196 –99
Religious observance and 192
Shangdi (Sovereign on high) and 187 –88 China; Hong Xiuquan; Mao Zedong
Theology 25 –26
Juche and 234 –36
Proleptic theology 5
,
133 –34
Relativisation of 116 –17
Revolution and 25 –27 Boer, Dick; Eastern Orthodoxy; Kautsky, Karl; Lochman, Jan; Maynard, Farnham; Müntzer, Thomas; Protestant Christianity; Reformed (churches); Roman Catholic (church); Translation
Tolstoy, Leo 7
,
171 –76 182 Lenin, Vladimir; Peasant socialism
Translation
As model for relations between theology and radical politics 3 –4 27
,
117
,
158 –64
Maynard, Farnham, and 158 –64
Q and 4
,
73 –74
Transcendence 90
,
117
,
123
,
125
,
132
,
183
,
213
Basis of Christian communist criticism 2
,
125
,
132 –33 195
,
239
Trudoviks 168
Village commune 14
,
37 –38 166 –67 169
,
171
,
173 –74 176
,
182 Peasant socialism; Subsistence survival; Tolstoy, Leo
Waldensians 11 –12 14 –15
Warm stream (of Marxism) 4
,
65
,
67
,
150
Bloch, Ernst, and 67
,
164
,
176 –77
Maynard, Farnham, and 164 –65
Q and 66 –68
Weitling, Wilhelm 42
,
63
,
65
,
108
Winstanley, Gerrard 41 –42
Wu Leichuan 8
Bible and 203
,
209 –10
Kautsky and 203
Lord’s Prayer and 209 –10
Marxism and Christianity 211
Method of 206
Mozi and 206
Revolutionary Jesus and 209 –10
Wu Yaozong 8
Historical materialism and 205
Marxism and Christianity 211 –12
Method of 205 –6
Revolutionary Jesus and 208 –9
Revolutionary love and 209
Wu Ming
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Q
)
Zealots 29
Zhu Weizhi 8
Bible and 203 –4 207 –8
Kautsky and 203 –4
Marxism and Christianity 211
Method of 204 –5
Revolutionary Jesus and 207 –8