Table of Contents
Introduction to the 2020 Edition Gary Dorrien xi
Acknowledgments xxv
Part I The Judeo-Christian Tradition 1
Introduction 3
Chapter 1 The Questions and the issue 9
Laissez-Faire Theory 10
Smith and Religion 11
Development of "Christian" (?) Economic Thought 13
Chapter 2 The Old Testament 21
Poverty and Jewish Tradition 21
Scriptural Citations 23
Chapter 3 The New Testament 33
Matthew 25 33
The Cornerstone of Christian Socialism 35
Jesus' Command 36
On Gaining and Saving 38
The Socialist Acts of the Apostles 41
Paul, James, and John 42
Chapter 4 The Fathers of the Church 46
The Fathers of the Eastern Church 47
The Fathers of the Western Church 51
Chapter 5 The Middle Ages and Thomas Aquinas 59
Thomas Aquinas 60
Away from Aquinas 65
The Stirrings of Revolt 68
Chapter 6 Thomas More and the Radical Reformers 69
Thomas More 69
Utopia 72
Another Thomas, Another Martyr 80
The Irony of Jakob Hutter 84
A Resemblance to Utopia 88
A Half Dozen Christian Utopians 89
Part II The Development of Christian Socialism in Europe and the Western Hemisphere 91
Introduction 93
Chapter 7 France 95
A Turning Point 96
The Seventeenth Century 97
Jean Jacques Rousseau 98
The French Revolution 102
Henri de Saint-Simon 104
The Saint-Simonians 109
Hugues-Félicité Robert de la Mennais 112
Pierre Leroux 122
The School of Philippe Buchez 123
The Ideas of Buchez 129
The Other Buchezians 134
Victor Considérant 139
Étienne Cabet 144
The Clergy and the Popes 146
Conclusion 153
Chapter 8 England 155
John Ludlow and Other Early Socialists in England 155
The Associations 164
The Decline of Christian Socialism 169
The Great Revival 171
The Guild of St. Matthew (1877-1914) 173
The Christian Social Union (1889-1919) 176
The Church Socialist League (1906-1924) 178
The Chesterbelloc vs. the Shawells 184
Other Organizations 188
A Socialist Archbishop 190
Too Good to Be True 193
Chapter 9 German-Speaking Europe 200
Marx vs. Weitling 201
Ketteler's Precursor 207
Ketteler, Bismarck, Lassalle, Marx 209
On the Protestant Side 221
The Blumhardt Miracle 223
Ragaz, Founder of "Religious Socialism" 226
Barth the Ambiguous 232
Tillich and the Kairos 240
The "Practical-Political" Ones 247
Chapter 10 The United States 250
The Christian Labor Union (1872-1878) 253
Gladden and the Social Gospel 255
Bellamy's Big Book 258
Ely, The Christian Economist 260
Bliss at The Dawn 262
Herron, the Marble Jeremiah 266
Sex, Carr, The Christian Socialist, and the Fellowship 271
Rauschenbusch, Pride of the Social Gospel 277
The Practical Socialist 285
Black Christian Socialists 290
Christian Socialist Women 294
The Delightful Vida 297
Two Contemporary Women 300
Rise and Fall with Reinhold Niebuhr 302
Resurrection in the 1970s 317
Putting Their Bodies on the Line 317
Chapter 11 The Convergence of Socialism and Catholicism 320
Leo XIII Changes Course 322
The German Jesuits and Pius XI 327
Different Expressions, Same Idea 333
Pesch Translated into Quadragesimo Anno 335
Pius XI and Socialism 339
Emmanuel Mounier 341
Pius XII Picks Democracy 343
Whence All Those Socialist Votes? 345
The Christian Unions Become Democratic and Socialist 347
The Radicalization of Catholicism 348
Liberation Theology 353
The Ratzinger Instructions 354
Class Struggle-Pro and Con 363
Gutiérrez and Democracy 366
The Frankfurt Declaration 368
The Responsibility of the United States 370
"The Right Reverend New Dealer" 372
The U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Message 374
Two Disappointments 376
The Case of Canada 379
The Perceptive Father Cullinane 382
The Antigonish Movement 383
Chapter 12 Protestants and Prospects 385
The World Council of Churches 386
Why This Digression? 387
The Submerged Debate 391
Prospects for the Future 394
ILRS Affiliates 396
Other Affiliates 397
Chapter 13 Conclusions 399
Bibliographical Essay 405
Index 413
