Atheism in Christianity
Author | Ernst Bloch |
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Original title | Atheismus im Christentum: Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs |
Language | German |
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Publication date | 1968 |
Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 1972 |
Media type | Print (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]
Context
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Review: Atheism in Christianity by Ernest Bloch". the Guardian. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ Hatherley, Owen (28 September 2009). "Atheism in Christianity by Ernst Bloch". newhumanist.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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 .
External links
[edit]- Illuminations: Ernst Bloch, Utopia and Ideology Critique By Douglas Kellner
- Ernst-Bloch-Zentrum
- Ernst Bloch Assoziation
- Centre for Ernst Bloch Studies, University of Sheffield