Religion and Dialectics

Anthony E. Mansueto Jr. (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

270 Seiten

2002
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-2201-1 (ISBN)

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Religion and Dialectics carries to a new level, the critical dialogue between religious belief, dialectical thinking, and socialist practice, which has given birth, among other things, to the theology of liberation and to a new Marxist sociology of religion. On the one hand, Anthony Mansueto argues that, contrary to the claims of Marx and the dialectical materialist tradition, religion is fundamentally a force for human development and social progress and that atheism, far from being integral to the socialist project, in fact helps to legitimate the market order. On the other hand, Mansueto sharpens considerably the dialectical critique of Christianity, asking just what elements of this tradition are conducive to human development and social progress, and which are not.

Anthony E. Mansueto, Jr. is President and Research Director, Institute for Philosophy and Social Progress, Dallas, Texas.

Chapter 1 I. Introduction
Chapter 2 Blessed are the Meek: Religion and Socialism in Italian American History
Chapter 3 Religion, Solidarity, and Class Struggle: Marx, Durkheim, and Gramsci on the Religion Question
Chapter 4 II. Introduction
Chapter 5 Christianity, Antisemitism, and Empire
Chapter 6 Mater/ia: The Political Dimensions of Marian Devotion
Chapter 7 III. Introduction
Chapter 8 Organizing for Family and Congregation? A Critique of the Political-Theological Vision and Strategy of the Industrial Areas Foundation
Chapter 9 The Current Crisis in the Catholic Church
Chapter 10 IV. Introduction
Chapter 11 Visions of Cosmopolis
Chapter 12 Religion and Politics in Mexico
Chapter 13 V. Introduction
Chapter 14 Once Again on the Religious Question
Chapter 15 What Can You Do to Change the World?
Chapter 16 Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2002
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	349 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
ISBN-10	0-7618-2201-1 / 0761822011
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-2201-1 / 9780761822011
Zustand	Neuware