Atheism in Christianity
{{Short description|1968 book by Ernst Bloch}}
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| name = Atheism in Christianity: The Religion of the Exodus and the Kingdom
| image = Atheism in Christianity (German edition).jpg
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| author = Ernst Bloch
| title_orig = Atheismus im Christentum: Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs
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| country = Germany
| language = German
| subjects = {{hlist|Christian theology|marxism}}
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| pub_date = 1968
| english_pub_date = 1972
| media_type = Print (paperback)
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Atheism in Christianity: The Religion of the Exodus and the Kingdom ({{langx|de|Atheismus im Christentum: Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs|link=no}}) is a 1968 book by German Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch.{{Cite web |last=Hatherley |first=Owen |date=2009-09-28 |title=Atheism in Christianity by Ernst Bloch |url=https://newhumanist.org.uk/2151/atheism-in-christianity-by-ernst-bloch |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=newhumanist.org.uk |language=en-GB}} The book offers a third way to the Christian/atheist either/or debate. Gareth Jenkins from Socialist Review says that Bloch "argues that there are liberatory, 'atheist' elements within Christianity with which socialists should make common cause."Gareth Jenkins, "Book Review", Socialist Review, September 2009, http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=10942 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217024350/http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=10942 |date=17 February 2013 }}
Context
Bloch engaged with a Christian-Marxist intellectual dialogue group organized by Milan Machovec and others in 1960s Communist Czechoslovakia.Žďárský, Pavel (2011). [https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/35237 Milan Machovec a jeho filosofická antropologie v 60. letech XX. století] [Milan Machovec and His Philosophical Anthropology in the 1960s]. Prague: Charles University, Faculty of Education, Department of Civic Education and Philosophy. Dissertation, supervised by {{ill|Anna Hogenová|cs}}. His Atheism in Christianity echoed in Machovec's 1969 book Jesus for Modern Man (Ježíš pro moderního člověka), published in German in 1972 as Jesus für Atheisten.
Reception
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Nicholas Lezard of The Guardian called the book "exhilarating to read".{{Cite web |date=2009-07-24 |title=Review: Atheism in Christianity by Ernest Bloch |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/25/review-atheism-christianity-ernest-bloch |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090805113135/http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/Illumina%20Folder/kell1.htm Illuminations: Ernst Bloch, Utopia and Ideology Critique By Douglas Kellner]
- [http://www.bloch.de Ernst-Bloch-Zentrum]
- [http://www.ernst-bloch.net Ernst Bloch Assoziation]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131217131800/http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/german/research/bloch_studies Centre for Ernst Bloch Studies, University of Sheffield]
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Category:1968 non-fiction books
Category:Criticism of Christianity
Category:German-language books
Category:German non-fiction books
Category:German-language non-fiction books
Category:Religious studies books
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