Category: Religion

“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”

Hélder Câmara; Archbishop, Archbishop of Olinda and Recife,

Maternity and Revolution

26 May 2024 / 103

Professor Terry Eagleton discusses the revolutionary politics of the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, the mothers of Jesus and John the Baptist. Image above: The Visitation, by Lorenzo... Continue reading

Terry Eagleton

Religion

Christ Beneath the Rubble

28 December 2023 / 97

In the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, city and church leaders cancelled all Christmas festivities this year to mourn the more than... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Religion

The Quest for the Materialist Jesus: Part 2

21 December 2023 / 100

In Part 1, I argued that a historical materialist understanding of Jesus in a world of competing class interests needs to be revitalised, updated, and developed further... Continue reading

James Crossley

Religion

The Quest for the Materialist Jesus: Part 1

21 December 2023 / 104

Who or what is “the historical Jesus”? Put crudely, the historical Jesus is the figure historians reconstruct from behind the embellishments, mythmaking, and ideas attributed to him,... Continue reading

James Crossley

Religion

From Millenarianism to Dictatorship of God: The Radical Ideology of the Early Jesus Movement

8 May 2023 / 124

Anointing Jesus as a king ready to take his place in the coming transformation of the world was among the most obvious cultural options for an emergent... Continue reading

James Crossley and Robert J. Myles

Religion

‘I’m a Marxist who believes in God’: Ernesto Cardenal, 1925-2020

27 December 2022 / 97

Since the rise of early capitalism, the quest of working people for liberation, equality and peace for all – not only for the evolving bourgeois class –... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Religion

Culture for All: Why Religion Matters

15 April 2022 / 89

As part of the Culture for All series, supported by the Communication Workers Union, we’re proud to present a short film about religion, written by James Crossley. ... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Religion

Apocalypticism Now

28 May 2020 / 88

James Crossley reflects on the dangers and possibilities of the Covid-19 crisis. Image: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Albrecht Durer, 1497-8 Towards the end of March, it... Continue reading

James Crossley

Religion

Class struggle in the New Testament

25 May 2020 / 90

Robert Myles shows how historical materialism explains the origins of Christianity “The history of the world is but the biography of great men,” wrote nineteenth-century historian Thomas... Continue reading

Robert Myles

Religion

Jeremy Corbyn’s Good Samaritan

24 December 2018 / 89

James Crossley writes about Jeremy Corbyn’s Christmas message. Christmas is a rare time when politicians can, without too much embarrassment, openly talk about issues relating to popular... Continue reading

James Crossley

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