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Foundations of Christianity (Routledge Revivals): A Study in Christian Origins book cover

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Foundations of Christianity (Routledge Revivals) A Study in Christian Origins

By Karl Kautsky Copyright 1925
480 Pages
by Routledge

482 Pages
by Routledge

479 Pages
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First published in 1925, Karl Kautsky presents a Marxist history of Christianity and Christian society. Divided into four key sections, the book begins by considering the personality of Jesus as portrayed within Pagan and Christian sources and highlighting the Church’s difficulty in presenting a unified and concurrent image of Jesus and interpretation of His words. Next, Kautsky analyses the... Read more

Introduction;  Part I: The Personality of Jesus  1. The Pagan Sources  2. The Christian Sources  3. The Struggle for the Image of Jesus;  Part II: Roman Society in the Imperial Period  1. The Slave-Holding System  2. The Life of the State  3. Currents of Thought in the Roman Imperial Period;  Part III: The Jews  1. The People of Israel  2. The Jews After the Exile;  Part IV: The Beginnings of Christianity  1. The Primitive Christian Congregation  2. The Christian Idea of the Messiah  3. Jewish Christians and the Pagan Christians  4. The Story of Christ’s Passion  5. The Evolution of the Organization of The Congregation  6. Christianity and Socialism;  Index

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