RT Article
T1 The Religious Nature of Russian Marxism
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 8
IS 1
SP 100
OP 111
A1 Zeldin, Mary-Barbara 1922-1981
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 1969
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/166784931X
AB Russian Marxism has been called a religion, or compatible with religion, by many laymen as well as theologians. This paper attempts to find acceptable definitions of religion and of Russian Marxism, and goes on to show that, in terms of these, Russian Marxism, on the one hand can be called a religion and, on the other, is totally opposed to religion in all acceptable forms. It finds further that Russian Marxism is, in fact, an inversion of Christianity and, more specifically, of Roman Catholicism. It concludes that because of the diametrically opposed views of Christianity and Russian Marxism, a Christian-Russian Marxist dialogue is impossible, if each side is to retain its essential nature.
K1 Catholicism
K1 Communism
K1 Dialectic
K1 Dialectical materialism
K1 Marxism
K1 Political revolutions
K1 Proletariat
K1 Theology
DO 10.2307/1385258