Secularist, religious and scientific socialism : red faith I

• Main Author: Arvidsson, Stefan, 1968- (Author)
• Other Authors: Ehnsiö, Rikard (Translator)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
• Edition: First edition.
• Series: Critiques and alternatives to capitalism.
• Subjects: Socialism and religion.; Religion and politics.; Secularism.; Science > Social aspects.; political theory;political sociology;history of ideas;intellectual history;political philosophy;religion;faith;socialism;history;ideology;Christianity;conviction;ethical;moral;existential;aesthetic;humanist;scientific;foundations;atheism; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781003508090; 100350809X; 9781040364093; 1040364098; 9781040364123; 1040364128; 9781032710853
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations.

This book explores the various ways in which socialists have understood the relationship between their political beliefs and different religious and philosophical traditions.Considering the rise of secularism and the view that politics and life stances are two very different spheres, it moves to exa...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Why a history of religion perspective on socialism? 1. Religious piety, political statesmanship: Secularist socialism 2. On followers of the Jewish carpenter: Christian socialism 3. Esoteric symbols and spiritual circles: Alternative religious socialism 4. Denying God, affirming knowledge: Scientistic socialism, 5. Concluding remarks