Marxism, Religion, and Emancipatory Politics

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Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Contributors
1 Rethinking Marxism and Religion for an Emancipatory Future
	References
Part I Theory
2 Marx, Critique, Religion
	Critique Re-positioned
	Critique’s Actualisation: The Working Class
	Critique and Subjectivation
	References
3 Theology After Marxism?
	Introduction
	Praxis and Epistemology in Marx’s Writings, 1842–46
	Praxis of Theology
	Conclusions
	References
4 Marxism and Socialism: Sacred and Profane
	Socialism and the Pattern of Dissent
	Marxism and Religion: The Recovery of Lost Connections
		Global Axial Contexts
	References
Part II Practice
5 Buddhist Socialism in China, 1900–1930: A History and Appraisal
	Buddhist Socialism in China, 1900–1930
	Buddhist Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
	Suffering and/as Alienation
	Species Being, No-Self and Buddha Nature
	Buddhist Practice/Marxist Praxis
	The Appeal of Anarchism
	Anarcho-Communism and the Empty/Social Self
	Final Considerations
	References
6 Marxism, Islam and the Iranian Revolution
	On Marxism
	On Political Islam
	On the Dialectic of Marxism and Political Islam
	Conclusion: Marxism, Islam and the Struggle for Social Change
	References
7 Marxism and Confucianism in China
	A Brief History of Interactions Between Marxism and Confucianism in China
	Convergence of Marxism and Confucianism
	Harmony Over Contradiction: Divergence Between Marxism and Confucianism
	Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: Western Development, Marxist Equality and Confucian Harmony
	Conclusion
	References
8 Liberation Theology, Bishop Samuel Ruiz and Zapatismo: The Origins of the Uprising
	Liberation Theology: An Overview
	Samuel Ruiz: Ideological Origins
	Exploitation and Racism in Chiapas
	Uprising and Mediation
	Conclusion
	References
9 Theologies of Struggle, Marxism, and Grassroots Development in the Philippines
	Grassroots Development: The Basic Christian Community Reaction Against Capitalist Top-Down Development Schemes
	The Case Study
	The BCC Development Model
	The Debacle of Development in the Philippines: Retrospection and Conclusion
	References
10 Marxism and Islamism in Egypt: A Re-Examination of the Muslim Brotherhood—Introduction and Overview of the Muslim Brotherhood
	Marx, Gramsci, and Religion
	Islam as the Sigh and Scream of the Oppressed
	All-Sufficient Islam (Shumuliyat al-Islam)
	Cohesive Organisational Structure
	War of Position
	Inability to Deal with State Coercion
	Intellectual Inertia and Failure in Governance
	A Passive-Revolutionary and Neoliberal Force
	Conclusion: Re-Examining the Muslim Brotherhood and Emancipatory Politics in Post-Uprisings Egypt
	References
11 Popular Islam and the Movement of the Rif
	A Sha‘bī Movement?
	The Movement’s Leadership, Organisation and Secular Demands
	Popular Islam: Zafzafi’s Interruption
	‘Words That Everyone Can Understand’
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
12 The (Im)possibilities of a Hindu Left in Contemporary India
	Genealogy of the “Hindu Communist”
	Divergent Spheres: The Religious and the Political
	Divisions of Labour: Public and Private Commitments
	Conclusion
	References
13 Marxism and Sikhi: Reciprocal Relationship
	Evolution of Sikh Faith and Practices
	The Central Tenets of Sikhi
	Marxism/Communism, Sikhi and Punjab
	Conclusion
	References
Index