Atheism in Christianity

Atheism in Christianity: The Religion of the Exodus and the Kingdom (German: Atheismus im Christentum: Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs) is a 1968 book by German Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch.^[1][2] 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."^[3]

Atheism in Christianity: The Religion of the Exodus and the Kingdom

Author	Ernst Bloch
Original title	Atheismus im Christentum: Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs
Language	German
Subjects	Christian theology marxism
Publication date	1968
Publication place	Germany
Published in English	1972
Media type	Print (paperback)

Context

Bloch engaged with a Christian-Marxist intellectual dialogue group organized by Milan Machovec and others in 1960s Communist Czechoslovakia.^[4] 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

Nicholas Lezard of The Guardian called the book "exhilarating to read".^[1]

See also

• Christian atheism