Was Jesus a Socialist? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Was Jesus a Socialist? write by Lawrence W. Reed. This book was released on 2023-08-22. Was Jesus a Socialist? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "If anyone was ever a socialist, it was Jesus."—Kelley Rose, Democratic Socialists of America Economist and historian Lawrence W. Reed has been hearing people say "Jesus was a socialist" for fifty years. And it has always bothered him. Now he is doing something about it. His new book demolishes the claim that Jesus was a socialist. Jesus called on earthly governments to redistribute wealth? Or centrally plan the economy? Or even impose a welfare state? Hardly. Point by point, Reed answers the claims of socialists and progressives who try to enlist Jesus in their causes. As he reveals, nothing in the New Testament supports their contentions. Was Jesus a Socialist? could not be more timely. Socialism has made a shocking comeback in America. Poll after poll shows that young Americans have a positive image of socialism. In fact, more than half say they would rather live in a socialist country than in a capitalist one. And as socialism has come back into vogue, more and more of its advocates have tried to convince us that Jesus was a socialist. This rhetoric has had an impact. According to a 2016 poll by the Barna Group, Americans think socialism aligns better with Jesus's teachings than capitalism does. When respondents were asked which of that year's presidential candidates aligned closest to Jesus's teachings, a self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" came out on top. Sure enough, the same candidate earned more primary votes from under-thirty voters than did the eventual Democratic and Republican nominees combined. And in a 2019 survey, more than 70 percent of millennials said they were likely to vote for a socialist. Was Jesus a Socialist? expands on the immensely popular video of the same name that Reed recorded for Prager University in July 2019. That video has attracted more than four million views online. Ultimately, Reed shows the foolishness of trying to enlist Jesus in any political cause today. He writes: "While I don't believe it is valid to claim that Jesus was a socialist, I also don't think it is valid to argue that he was a capitalist. Neither was he a Republican or a Democrat. These are modern-day terms, and to apply any of them to Jesus is to limit him to but a fraction of who he was and what he taught."
The Politics of Jesus
The Politics of Jesus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Jesus write by Obery M. Hendricks Jr. This book was released on 2007-08-21. The Politics of Jesus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Who was Jesus? And how was this first-century political revolutionary, whose teachings are meant to lead the way to freedom, turned into a meek and mild servant of the status quo? How is it possible to profess a belief in Jesus, yet ignore the suffering of the poor and the needy? Just how truly faithful to the vision of Jesus are the many politicians who claim to be Christian? These are the kinds of questions Obery Hendricks, a biblical scholar, activist, and minister, asks in this provocative new book. In this day and age of heated political debate, Hendricks’s The Politics of Jesus stands out as much for its brilliant re-creation of the life and mind of Jesus of Nazareth as for its scathing critique of modern politicians “of faith.”
Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?: The Answer Is No- Here's Why
Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?: The Answer Is No- Here's Why - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?: The Answer Is No- Here's Why write by Trent Horn. This book was released on 2020-02-26. Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?: The Answer Is No- Here's Why available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Agrarian Socialism in America
Agrarian Socialism in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agrarian Socialism in America write by Jim Bissett. This book was released on 2002-04-01. Agrarian Socialism in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why was Oklahoma, of all places, more hospitable to socialism than any other state in America? In this provocative book, Jim Bissett chronicles the rise and fall of the Socialist Party of Oklahoma during the first two decades of the twentieth century, when socialism in the United States enjoyed its golden age. To explain socialism’s popularity in Oklahoma, Bissett looks back to the state’s strong tradition of agrarian reform. Drawing most of its support from working farmers, the Socialist Party of Oklahoma was rooted in such well-established organizations as the Farmers Alliance and the Indiahoma Farmers’ Union. And to broaden its appeal, the Party borrowed from the ideology both of the American Revolution and of Christianity. By making Marxism speak in American terms, the author argues, Party activists counteracted the prevailing notion that socialism was illegitimate or un-American.
Jesus the Socialist
Jesus the Socialist - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jesus the Socialist write by Dennis Hird. This book was released on 1908. Jesus the Socialist available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
