Week 5 - Wednesday

Most of the concepts seen in today’s class were developed by Barker and Cobb in chapters read previously.

The most interesting thing for me was discussions about Fidel Castro’s quote. It seems that Marxism shares many ideas with Christianity, in theory at least.
I have read in one of Tolstoy’s books (“War and Peace”, probably, although the dates don’t seem to fit) that in the circles of the Russian bourgeoisie the rise of socialism (even if it is not precisely Marxism) was discussed. People wondered what the difference between socialism and Christianity was. Even though both philosophies have radically different goals, their social implications are pretty close: caring for the poor and the unwanted.
I have the feeling that Marxism was largely rejected by Christians because of its materialistic views, its rejection of God and all the happy things that followed World War II. However, I believe there is good in it, and there are things we can learn from it to enrich the Church’s ministry to the world.