He argues that early Christianity spread because it was revolutionary, egalitarian, anti-authority, and promised oppressed people a future world of equality and redemption.
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The late cantos become Jiang's sharpest Dante claim so far: faith is not obedience but imagination that helps make truth real, hope is the arrogant wager that exile and persecution can still bear fruit,...
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The late cantos become Jiang's sharpest Dante claim so far: faith is not obedience but imagination that helps make truth real, hope is the arrogant wager that exile and persecution can still bear fruit,...
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"...a revolutionary religion that promised a better world to the world's oppressed, okay? So if you look at the early people who followed Christianity,..."
"and its basic characteristics in the beginning were it was revolutionary, it was egalitarian, and it was anti -authority. And so these individuals who..."
"...is a social critique. Right? He's criticizing directly how women are oppressed in society by the Catholic Church. Does that make sense? Yes. And..."
"...And Picarda is in a similar situation to Dante. She is oppressed by a militaristic force, and she is forced to go against her..."
"...if you're gay if you're a woman then you've historically been oppressed and therefore society has a responsibility to address these historical wrongs um..."
"...that jesus spent a lot of time with slaves and the oppressed well this is a problem because a slave is considered economic property..."
"...that he has a real appreciation for the underdog, for the oppressed, you know, he, he talks about how he never wanted to interview..."
"...feather. It's the idea of taboo and sin, okay? We've been oppressed by the idea of morality, by the idea of sin, by the..."
"...you've read the book, but it's a world where you're not oppressed. You're made happy through drugs, through conformity, right? If you're not happy,..."
"...never really happen. I try to help combat Zionism and those oppressed, but it feels hopeless. Do you think there is any possibility to..."
"...signal to the entire world that you don't have to be oppressed by the pacific americana anymore you can stand up for your national..."
"...the political increasing number but are exploited in greater, but are oppressed by the capitalist, eventually the political, you and me, will develop class..."
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