Roland Boer Explained

Roland Theodore Boer (born 1961[1]) is an Australian theologian and scholar of Marxism.[2] He was awarded the Deutscher Memorial Prize in 2014.

Career

Boer obtained a bachelors degree in divinity from the University of Sydney. He was a professor at University of Newcastle (Australia). In 2004, he founded the peer-reviewed academic journal The Bible and Critical Theory.[3]

In 2018, he was described by Xinhua as one of the world's top experts on Marxism.[4] He teaches at the Dalian University of Technology's School of Marxism.[5]

He runs the blog Stalin's Moustache.[6]

Notable works

Political Myth: On the Use and Abuse of Biblical Themes

Political Myth: On the Use and Abuse of Biblical Themes was released in 2009. It examines the political narratives that emerge out of the Hebrew Bible on the political right and provides a framework to critique those narratives from the political left.[7]

The Sacred Economy of Ancient Israel

The Sacred Economy of Ancient Israel, released in 2015, examines the intersection of economics and religion in ancient Israel through the lens of Marxist critical theory.[8]

The Criticism of Heaven and Earth

The Criticism of Heaven and Earth is a series of books which explores the intersection of Marxism and religion. The fifth book in the series, In the Vale of Tears: On Marxism and Theology V, was released in 2012. In 2014 it was awarded the Deutscher Memorial Prize.[6]

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners

In Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners, released in 2021, Boer describes Gordon H. Chang's The Coming Collapse of China (2001) as an example of the "China doomer" approach to historical nihilism.[9] Other examples cited by Boer include anti-communist tropes and atrocity propaganda, as well as "betrayal" narratives in which Deng Xiaoping is cast as a "traitor" who supposedly undid the achievements of China's revolution and brought capitalism to China—Boer characterises these as historical nihilism.

Works

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notice de personne—Boer, Roland . Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  2. Web site: Roland Theodore Boer 薄国强 . 7 May 2024 . Roland Theodore Boer 薄国强 . en.
  3. Boer . Roland . 2004 . Editorial . The Bible and Critical Theory . 1 . 1 . 10.2104/bc040001 . 7 May 2024 . 1832-3391.
  4. Web site: Marx big again in China . theaustralian.com.au/ . The Australian . 28 November 2022.
  5. Web site: Eysel . Benjamin . Plötzlich eine "Demokratie"? . tagesschau.de . Tagesschau . 28 November 2022.
  6. Web site: Left of his field . newcastle.edu.au . 13 December 2013 . Newcastle University . 28 November 2022 . 31 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220331231902/https://www.newcastle.edu.au/highlights/our-researchers/education-arts/humanities-social-science/left-of-his-field . dead .
  7. Book: Schweitzer, Steven J. . Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures VII . 21 December 2011 . Gorgias Press . 978-1-4632-3490-4 . 727–729 . en . Roland Boer, Political Myth: On The Use And Abuse Of Biblical Themes . 10.31826/9781463234904-079.
  8. Web site: Cherney . Kenneth A. . The Sacred Economy of Ancient Israel by Roland Boer . Wisconsin Lutheran Review.
  9. Book: Boer, Roland . 2021 . Springer . 978-981-16-1622-8 . Singapore . 10–12 . 1249470522.

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