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64mentions
59people
2009–2026years
6% recommend91% neutral3% critical
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- The Bible, specifically the New Testament, and more specifically，The Gospels. The reason that it's radical is that Christ overturns traditional notions of morality. Greco-Roman thought saw the rich and powerful as close to the divine but Christ's message is that the meek and poor are prefered by God.
Coming in at #2, I would argue for Marx, maybe Capital. It's radical because it shows that Capitalism is not a "natural" state of affairs (as much as it would like us to believe that it is).
- The same one I read every day. The One Year Bible. It's about a 30 minute a day read. Excerpts from Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, and New Testament. It reminds me wisdom doesn't just live in my head. It also reminds me much has gone before me and much will go on after me.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Year-Bible-NIV-ebook/dp/B007EF7...
- The Bible - as an original source of all types of stories and narratives you’ll find in 99% of all fiction books and movies.
New Testament — as an original source of most of moral principles and ideas modern european civilization is based upon (also fundamental stories and narratives).
- I don't know about the New Testament, but I'd recommend Robert Alter's The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary for the Old Testament.
- One may note that the idea of violent resistance to oppression is deeply present in USA too : Right of Revolution and Second Amendment.
It seems you are trying to show the peacefulness of the Christian Bible vs the Quran, but cherry-picking creates a selection bias. If one wants to find verses justifying violence, the New Testament has them too (let alone the old one)
> Matthew 10:34: "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword."
> Revelation 19:15: "And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron..."
- > List not including the greatest book of them all...
The linked list included both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament in the Sophomore year section.
If it was The Bhagavad Gita you were jonesing for, that appears later in the Junior section.
