I've been wondering if anybody knew of any secular, historical materialist workst that discuss the origins and delopment of Christianity. I've read Engels' discussion on The book of Revelations. I can't find any translations of Baur in English, but I'm sure that there's been some great secular and Marxist scholarship done on Christianity in the over a century and a half since Bruno Baur wrote his analysis.
So, does anybody know any good works that discuss the social, geopolitical, and historical developments of Christianity, without the pre-conception that there really is some YHWH looking down benevolently with an infallable infinite plan?
