In Part 1, I argued that a historical materialist understanding of Jesus in a world of competing class interests needs to be revitalised, updated, and developed further... Continue reading
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Who or what is “the historical Jesus”? Put crudely, the historical Jesus is the figure historians reconstruct from behind the embellishments, mythmaking, and ideas attributed to him,... Continue reading
James Crossley reflects on the dangers and possibilities of the Covid-19 crisis. Image: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Albrecht Durer, 1497-8 Towards the end of March, it... Continue reading
James Crossley writes about Jeremy Corbyn’s Christmas message. Christmas is a rare time when politicians can, without too much embarrassment, openly talk about issues relating to popular... Continue reading
James Crossley traces the links between Christopher Hill’s Marxist analysis of the English Revolution, the importance of the Bible in promoting revolutionary thought, and the student revolts... Continue reading
James Crossley argues for the importance of the radical Christian tradition as an important resource for the revolutionary transformation of the world. On becoming leader of the... Continue reading
James Crossley analyses Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns, unearthing their twin discourses of a materialist explanation of American capitalism and an expression of a revolutionary Christianity. Even if... Continue reading
Anarchist, conservative, liberal or revolutionary? Professor James Crossley discusses the various interpretations of the Easter story of the life of Jesus, the Monty Python film Life of Brian,... Continue reading