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What does it mean?
Jesus is portrayed as a revolutionary worker persecuted by the ruling class.
In plain terms
Jesus was a worker who fought power and was killed for it.
What can you take from it?
Religious figures can be seen as radical activists.

Where it applies

  • theological study
  • social justice
  • historical analysis

Putting it to work

  • read texts critically
  • support activists
  • study history

Questions to consider

  • How do power structures treat dissenters?
  • Can faith be revolutionary?

Another view

It interprets religious history through a specific political lens.

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