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Alasdair MacIntyre, Christianity, and Karl Marx

John Fea   |  December 26, 2022

The moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre wrote Marxism and Christianity (1968) when he was twenty-three years old. Here is a taste of Matt McManus’s piece at Jacobin: “This Christmas, Radical Christianity and Marxism Can Inspire Us to Build a Better World“: […]

Episode 103: Spiritual Socialists

John Fea   |  October 9, 2022

Does the American Left have religion problem? What can progressives learn from people like Dorothy Day, Ignazio Silone, Henry Wallace, Staughton Lynd, and Cornel West? Many of these thinkers and activists offered a powerful vision for a moral and just […]

“Without a commons, there is no common good”: What religion can teach the secular Left.

John Fea   |  May 26, 2021

Over at Commonweal, David Albertson and Jason Blakeley argue that if the Left wants to succeed, they must address “the crisis of civic belonging.” Here is a taste: Much of the Left today is focused on proposing policies and dismantling structures. […]