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050		0	_aHX51 _b.W55 2022
082	0	4	_a320.5312 _223
100	1		_aWilliams, Anthony A. J., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Christian Left : _ban introduction to radical and socialist Christian thought / _cAnthony A.J. Williams.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bPolity, _c2022.
300			_a211 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aChristianity is often assumed to be pro-capitalist and socially conservative - in short, necessarily aligned with the political right. But can this be straightforwardly true of a religion founded by a figure who drew his early followers from among the poor and downtrodden and spoke against the accumulation of earthly riches? In this book, Anthony A.J. Williams shows that this assumption is far from correct by giving an introductory overview of a tradition of socialist and radical Christianity that can be traced back to the communal ownership described in the Acts of the Apostles. Focusing on modern Christian left movements, from Christian Socialism and the social gospel to liberation theology and red-letter Christianity, Williams examines the major challenges faced by the Christian Left today, both from within Christianity itself and from the secular left.
521			_aSpecialized.
650		0	_aChristian socialism.
650		0	_aChristianity and politics. _924269
650		0	_aRight and left (Political science) _932036
999			_c79814 _d79814