World Christianity and Marxism / Denis R. Janz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janz, Denis, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism and Christianity--History.

Communism and Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Attempt to give an account of world Christianity's encounter with Marxism in the post Cold War period. It explores the intellectual foundations of the antagonism on both sides and the particular contexts of the USSR, the United States, Poland, Nicaragua, Albania, Cuba and China and suggests that the 'Marxist project' is not yet dead.

Contents:

Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Marxist Assault on Religion: Intellectual Foundations; Chapter 3 The Christian World's Reaction: From the Communist Manifesto to the Cold War; Chapter 4 The USSR; Chapter 5 The United States; Chapter 6 Poland; Chapter 7 Nicaragua; Chapter 8 Albania; Chapter 9 Cuba; Chapter 10 China; Chapter 11 Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-183) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774199-1

1-280-47132-8

0-19-535323-4

0-585-18271-X

OCLC:

476016214