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Religious Questions

Religious socialists wrestle with questions about divine justice, the moral implications of wealth, the role of suffering, and how sacred texts support or challenge socialist ideals.

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March 6, 2025

Religion Against Socialism

The Gospel of Church: How Mainline Protestants Vilified Christian Socialism and Fractured the Labor Movement, by Janine Giordano Drake. Oxford University Press, 2023. The scholarly study of Christian Socialism and Christian anti-socialism, going back only a few generations, has too often been about the ideas and lives of a few leading figures.

Paul Buhle

Grief and Gratitude: A Holy Reckoning at the Place where the Stones are Gathered

Joe Raymond

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Can Socialism Be Mystical?

The recent essay by Caleb Strom on mysticism as a better guide than capitalism thinking about how humanity can expand into the cosmos got me thinking—is socialism itself somewhat “mystical,” or at least is it capable of being understood so? Strom’s examples, while not directly invoking socialist teachings, make a good supportive case, pointing out how different

Russell Arben Fox