Roland Theodore Boer (born 1961[1]) is an Australian theologian and scholar of Marxism.
[8] 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.
[3] 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.