The Taiping analogy shows, for Jiang, that a strange new religion can become revolutionary power when it fuses religious devotion with the promise of a new world.
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Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping analogy shows, for Jiang, that a strange new religion can become revolutionary power when it fuses religious devotion with the promise of a new world.
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"...is from 1850 to 1864 in china there's something called the taiping rebellion i'm not sure if you know the story but what happened..."
"...to beat a major empire and what the story of the taiping rebellion then tells us is a new religion that is revolutionary in..."
"...French Revolution, the War of the Canardos in Brazil, and the Taiping Rebellion in China. And so this is the first truly global revolution...."
"...Do you guys know who he is? The leader of the Taiping rebellion. Right? Why did he become a Christian? Why did he lead..."
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