According to Marx, religion is an expression of material realities and economic injustice. Thus, problems in religion are ultimately problems in society. Religion is not the disease, but merely a symptom. It is used by oppressors to make people feel better about the distress they experience due to being poor and exploited.
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Karl Marx is one of the most famous and commonly quoted critics of religion - but many of those doing the quoting don't really understand what Marx actually thought about religion. His ideas were interesting and insightful - they deserve to be explained and understood properly. ... Karl Marx, Religion, and Economics:
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Works of Karl Marx 1843 ... For Germany, the criticism of religion has been essentially completed, and the criticism of religion is the prerequisite of all criticism. ... The foundation of irreligious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man. Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of...
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Source: Marx and Engels On Religion, Progress Publishers, 1957; Transcribed: by Andy Blunden. ... A science almost unknown in this country, except to a few liberalizing theologians who contrive to keep it as secret as they can, is the historical and linguistic criticism of ... Marx/Engels On Religion | Marx/Engels Archive...
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These two selections from Marx's writings are his clearest statements about religion. The first contains his famous (or infamous to some) "opiate" statement, but here presented in the total context in which he wrote it.
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Despite the importance accorded to religion by Marx, a careful reading of the sociology of religion literature reveals few references to his views. The purpose of this paper is to understand why this is so and to explicate Marx's views on religion in order to facilitate the use of a Marxist perspective in the discipline.
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Selections from Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right by Karl Marx Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher February, 1844 ; Introduction ; For Germany, the criticism of religion has been largely completed, and the criticism of religion is the prerequisite of all criticism.
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This study examines the major facts of Marx and early Marxism: biography, religion, philosophy, and economics, first published in 1968, it has been updated with a lengthy Preface and a concluding chapter, plus an astounding appendix.
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Studying Religion: An Introduction ... Describing the Study of Religion ... What is the Academic Study of Religion?
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In spite of his dislike towards religion, Marx did not make religion the primary enemy of his work and thoughts; if he had regarded religion as a more serious enemy than would have devoted more time on it. In the above quotation Marx is saying that religion's purpose is to create illusory fantasies for the poor.
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