Religious socialism ; faith in action for a better world / Fran Quigley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quigley, Fran, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism and religion--History.

Socialism and religion.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 183 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2021]

Summary:

For most of this nation's history, religious socialists made their case to a population that was, for the most part, hospitable to religion and resistant to socialism. Today, those trends are moving in opposite directions. A majority of young people and persons of color in the U.S. express support for socialism. At the same time, even as religious affiliation has dropped, most Americans still say religion is important to them. Religious Socialism provides an introduction to how those powerful forces come together in the form of religious socialism, the intersection between a devotion to God and a system that promotes social justice in the world. Many of its champions would embrace the words of Eugene Debs, who ran for president several times on the Socialist ticket: Socialism is Christianity in action." Most of the figures in this book are Christian, including contemporary figures like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Cornel West, but others profiled are Jewish, Buddhist, and Muslim socialists.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "No One Claimed Possessions as Their Own": The Roots of Christian Socialism

2. "Thy Kingdom Come on Earth": The Social Gospel and U.S. Christian Socialism

3. "Christianity in Action": Eugene Debs and Christian Socialism

4. "Islands of Decency": Christian Socialism in the Mid-Twentieth-Century United States

5. Catholicism and U.S. Socialism: Time for a Reunion

6. The Christian Socialist Foundation of the Civil Rights Movement

7. Jesus of Nazareth, Revolutionary Socialist

8. The Not-Quite Recovered Evangelist

9. "A Deep Connection between Being Jewish and Being Socialist"

10. The Socialist Preacher

11. Since before She Knew the Word: A Black Presbyterian Minister Embraces Socialism

12. "Plain as Day": The Scriptural and Historical Roots of Mormon Socialism

13. Reducing Wealth, Preserving Communal Goods: The Shared Foundations of Islam and Socialism

14. Liberation Theology Responds to Pandemic

15. The Vehicle for Our Liberation: Embracing Black Theology and Socialism

16. Socialism and Buddhism: A Match Made in Nirvana?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Quigley, Fran, 1962- Religious socialism

ISBN:

9781626984356

1626984352

OCLC:

1237649999