World Christianity and Marxism
- ISBN-10
- 0195119444
- ISBN-13
- 9780195119442
- Category
- Communism and Christianity
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Denis Janz
Description
Denis Janz argues that the encounter with Marxism has been the defining event for twentieth-century Christianity. No other worldview shook Christianity more dramatically and no other movement had as profound an impact on so many. Now the Cold War is over and as we approach the end of the century we need, Janz says, to ask ourselves what happened. All the diverse philosophical and political manifestations of Marxism were ultimately rooted in Marx's thought, and supporters based their greater or lesser hostilities toward Christianity on their reading of his critique. Janz follows this with an overview of Christian responses to Marx, extending from the mid-19th century to the onset of the Cold War. He argues that within this time frame Christianity's negation of Marx was not absolute; the loud "no" to Marx bore with it an important, if muted, "yes.".
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