RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
I was certainly brought up to see socialism and Christianity as complementary if not synonymous. The British Labour movement had roots in non conformist Christianity. The values of love and justice always appeared synonymous. And the London dockers, who went on strike for better pay and conditions in 1898, found an unexpected ally in theologically conservative but socially radical Catholic cleric, Cardinal John Henry Newman. I grew up with this stuff, it’s in my DNA. Hence my initial incredulity, when I found out that such an of phenomenon as the “religious right” even exists.