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Foundations of Christianity: A Study in Christian Origins
by Karl Kautsky
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- ISBN 10
- 041573648X
- ISBN 13
- 9780415736480
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New. 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 structure of Roman society, with particular emphasis on the slave-holding system, the Roman State and the historiography of the period. In the third section, an early history of the Jewish people is presented, whilst the final section discusses the beginnings of Christianity and the social struggles present within early Christian society. This is a fascinating reissue, which will be of particular interest to students of Church History, Christian theology and the various interpretations of Jesus.
Synopsis
Foundations of Christianity is a 1908 book by Marxist theoretician Karl Kautsky. In it, he attempts to explain the origins of Christianity, and claims that it can best be explained by historical materialism rather than divinity. The first edition in English, published in 1925 by George Allen and Unwin, followed the eleventh German version. The German text was re-translated into English by Henry F. Mins, and published by Russell and Russell in 1953. In 1972, a translation by Jacob W.
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- Title
- Foundations of Christianity: A Study in Christian Origins
- Author
- Karl Kautsky
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- New New
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- 1
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- ISBN 10
- 041573648X
- ISBN 13
- 9780415736480
- Publisher
- Routledge
- This edition first published
- 2015
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