The Life and Death of the Radical Historical Jesus
- ISBN-10
- 0199929505
- ISBN-13
- 9780199929504
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 275
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-02-28
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- David Burns
Description
This unconventional cultural history explores the lifecycle of the radical historical Jesus, a construct created by the freethinkers, feminists, socialists and anarchists who used the findings of biblical criticism to mount a serious challenge to the authority of elite liberal divines during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
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