| Atheism in Christianity: The Religion of the Exodus and the Kingdom | |
| Author: | Ernst Bloch |
| Title Orig: | Atheismus im Christentum: Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs |
| Orig Lang Code: | de |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Pub Date: | 1968 |
| English Pub Date: | 1972 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
Atheism in Christianity: The Religion of the Exodus and the Kingdom (de|'''Atheismus im Christentum: Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs'''|link=no) is a 1968 book by German Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch.[1] The book offers a third way to the Christian/atheist either/or debate. Gareth Jenkins from Socialist Review says that Bloch "argues that there are liberatory, 'atheist' elements within Christianity with which socialists should make common cause."[2]
Bloch engaged with a Christian-Marxist intellectual dialogue group organized by Milan Machovec and others in 1960s Communist Czechoslovakia.[3] His Atheism in Christianity echoed in Machovec's 1969 book Jesus for Modern Man (Ježíš pro moderního člověka), published in German in 1972 as Jesus für Atheisten.
Nicholas Lezard of The Guardian called the book "exhilarating to read".[4]