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Atheism in Christianity

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Atheism in Christianity: The Religion of the Exodus and the Kingdom
AuthorErnst Bloch
Original titleAtheismus im Christentum: Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs
LanguageGerman
Subjects
Publication date
1968
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
1972
Media typePrint (paperback)

Atheism in Christianity: The Religion of the Exodus and the Kingdom (German: Atheismus im Christentum: Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs) is a 1968 book by German Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch.[1][2] The book offers a third way to the Christian/atheist either/or debate. Gareth Jenkins from Socialist Review says that Bloch "argues that there are liberatory, 'atheist' elements within Christianity with which socialists should make common cause."[3]

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Bloch engaged with a Christian-Marxist intellectual dialogue group organized by Milan Machovec and others in 1960s Communist Czechoslovakia.[4] His Atheism in Christianity echoed in Machovec's 1969 book Jesus for Modern Man (Ježíš pro moderního člověka), published in German in 1972 as Jesus für Atheisten.

Reception

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Nicholas Lezard of The Guardian called the book "exhilarating to read".[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Review: Atheism in Christianity by Ernest Bloch". the Guardian. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ Hatherley, Owen (28 September 2009). "Atheism in Christianity by Ernst Bloch". newhumanist.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ Gareth Jenkins, "Book Review", Socialist Review, September 2009, http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=10942 Archived 17 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Žďárský, Pavel (2011). Milan Machovec a jeho filosofická antropologie v 60. letech XX. století [Milan Machovec and His Philosophical Anthropology in the 1960s]. Prague: Charles University, Faculty of Education, Department of Civic Education and Philosophy. Dissertation, supervised by Anna Hogenová [cs].
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