S1E20 Christian Marxism, Tankies, and The Historical Jesus with Christian Chiakulas 10.1.17

Spoke with Christian Marxist writer Christian Chiakulas about the religiosity of communism, historical materialism, christian atheism, managing tankies, spiritually driven social justice, leftist semantics, the bible without dogma, growing up atheist, feminism in the early church, St. Thecla, how The Kingdom of God was a communist radical feminist liberation movement, living prefiguratively, Marx v. Bakunin on the role of the peasant class, violent vanguardism, the dictatorship of the proletariat, real world consequences to theory, leftist fascist creep, different bible translations, communist v. anarchist writing styles, and propaganda of the deed. *I regret not mentioning it in the show, but St. Thecla is the patron saint of Catalonia, and with all the stuff going on down there now, it's fun to hear her story! Referenced: A Stab In the Dark at Christian Marxism http://www.patheos.com/blogs/radicalchristianmillennial/2017/06/stab-dark-christian-marxism/ The State of Small Farms In The World http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X15001217 Further reading: "Das Kapital" - Karl Marx The Story of Paul & St. Thecla "The Kingdom of God is Within You"- Tolstoy "Bloodstained" - AK Press Authors: John Dominic Crossan, Reza Aslan, Mikhail Bakunin, Emma Goldman, Vladimir Lenin, Lucy Parsons, Friedrich Engels Other articles by Christian: Inspired by this interview: Prefigurative Politics: How Jesus Lived the Kingdom Of God http://www.patheos.com/blogs/radicalchristianmillennial/2017/10/prefigurative-politics-living-kingdom-god/ Also one of my favorites: Would Jesus Punch a Nazi? http://www.patheos.com/blogs/radicalchristianmillennial/2017/08/jesus-punch-nazi/ Resources: The anarchist library: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index The Marxist internet archive: https://www.marxists.org/