Paul N. Siegel

 

The Meek and the Militant

Religion and Power Across the World

(1986)


Originally published in London, Atlantic Highlands (NJ) & Bombay in 1986.
© 1986 Paul N. Siegel.
Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’Callaghan für REDS – Die Roten.


Dedicated to the memory of Thomas Münzer (c. 1489-1525), religious fighter for freedom, and of Thomas Paine (1737-1809), anti-religious fighter for freedom.

 

 

PART I: THE MARXIST CRITIQUE OF RELIGION

PART II: THE SOCIAL ROOTS OF THE CHIEF WESTERN RELIGIONS

PART III: THE SOCIAL ROOTS OF THE CHIEF RELIGIONS OF ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

PART IV: RELIGION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIALISM

 


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