https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/jesus-product-class-struggle-galilee

The Jesus movement presented itself as a vanguard millenarian party, custodians of a new theocracy serving the interests of the peasantry.

Jesus did vanguardism, smh.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The comparison works on a lot of levels, especially since Christianity was completely coopted by the Roman state once the movement picked up steam.