Few people would ever expect that Karl Marx is the writer of the above statement. He not only wrote it, but he did so in the same breath of his more famous dictum that "religion is the opiate of the masses." How can one reconcile such different perspectives on the power and ubiquity of religion? In this compact reader of Marx's essential thought on religion, John Raines offers the full range of Marx's thoughts on religion and its relationship to the world of social relations. Through a careful selection of essays, articles, pamphlets, and letters, Raines shows that Marx had a far more complex...
Few people would ever expect that Karl Marx is the writer of the above statement. He not only wrote it, but he did so in the same breath of his more f...
Offers full range of Marx's thoughts on religion and its relationship to the world of social relations. This book shows how he had a far more complex understanding of religious belief and how his ideas on religion were intimately tied to his inquiries into political economy, revolution, social change, and the philosophical questions of the self.
Offers full range of Marx's thoughts on religion and its relationship to the world of social relations. This book shows how he had a far more complex ...
Making Peace In and With the World: The Gulen Movement and Eco-Justice is a representative study and working analysis of contemporary Islamic thought on eco-justice. It cuts through problems facing humanity today, ranging from inequality and violence in the smaller globalized world to the end/death of nature as signaled by various environmental and ecological crises. Addressing these problems, this volume sheds light on two dimensions of peace in the earth community - making peace between differing human communities, and making peace between humanity and nature. The phrase Eco-Justice in this...
Making Peace In and With the World: The Gulen Movement and Eco-Justice is a representative study and working analysis of contemporary Islamic thought ...