Articles > Newspapers > International Newspapers, Major Markets > The Independent (London, England) articles > July 1994

Article: Letter: The universality of Christian socialism

Article from:
The Independent (London, England)
Article date:
July 12, 1994
Author:
Copyright

Sir: As someone who has attempted to rewrite Christian socialism as a more politically correct "ethical socialism", Professor AH Halsey ("Where is the spirit of our age?", 8 July) seems understandably embarrassed that people should increasingly doubt the efficacy of a self-evident "ethics" as a political imperative, and come to feel that the values by which he sets so much store are not given for all time - as the Enlightenment had it - but the legacy of ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Christian socialism.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 1993 ;     574 words ... ... gt; Christian socialism < ... C. E. Raven, Christian Socialism,

Dictionary definition: Christian socialism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics;      461 words ...Christian socialism This doctrine—which ... practice of socialism. In Britain Christian socialism was a mainly nineteenth-century ... Europe are not a variant of Christian socialism but represent a version of conservatism ...

Article: Labour revives faith in Christian Socialism
The Independent - London;  May 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... the cash has already been raised. Christian Socialism is back as a fashionable, rather ... the Labour Party. Adherents of Christian Socialism say that its roots go back 600 years ... most to popularise the ideals of Christian Socialism. However, the movement declined ...

Article: Culture and Political Crisis in Vienna: Christian ...
The Catholic Historical Review;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... and Political Crisis in Vienna: Christian Socialism in Power, 1897-1918. By John ... the ultimate cost of compromising Christian Socialism's urban and moderate liberal origins ... Empire in which a somewhat complicit Christian Socialism nevertheless tends to be on the ...

Article: Social Christianity, Christian Socialism, and the ...
American Decades;      700+ words ...SOCIAL CHRISTIANITY, CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM, AND THE SOCIAL GOSPEL The Social Crisis American society ... sought change at the level of the socioeconomic system. Christian Socialism Many who favored systematic change spoke fervently of ...

Article: Rethinking the Theory and Politics of Christian ...
Democratic Left;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... predatory market? One of the key weaknesses of recent Christian socialism in addressing these questions has been its reluctance ... raised issues that cannot be merely added to an inherited Christian socialism. The effort to democratize power must take place not ...

Article: Christian socialism in Britain.
Public Interest;  June 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... prayer." Gertrude Himmelfarb, in her classic Poverty and Compassion, points out that "the generic form of Christian socialism ... was present among all the late-Victorian socialist groups, including the most radical of them." She ...

Dictionary definition: Christian Socialism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church;      322 words ...Christian Socialism. A 19th-cent. movement for social reform initiated by members of the C of E. The first phase, beginning in 1848, was an ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives