The American Imaginary: From Christ to Kirk in the Age of Capitalism

DoesJesus Christhold more power within the American imaginary (the term is used as the imagination of a people) than he does in the European one? In a way, yes. Christ is a towering historical figure who spoke of love, and people followed him. In his name, churches and cathedrals were built, just as Lenin built the Communist Party on the gospel of Marx. Much has been done from crusades to crimes in the name of Jesus Ch