The much-neglected Frankfurt school of critical theory, which draws richly on Marxist theory, opens a path for collaborative opportunities between religious and social movements. Through an examination of the religious images present in Marx, Horkheimer, Benjamin, and Bloch, Rob Clements argues that there are dialectical possibilities that help us critique, and eventually overcome, the social inequalities evident in advanced capitalist societies.

A review of Kenneth Surin’s Marxist analysis of global finance, Freedom Not Yet: Liberation and the Next World Order.

Joerg Rieger discusses theology, Marx, the Occupy movements, and why we need to add questions of labor to the current theological discussions of capitalism and economics.

A love poem.

The introduction of Karl Barth into the Zizek/Milbank debate serves as the radicalization of the christological account of the monstrosity of Christ, properly accounting for the doctrinal and anthropological implications of the person of Jesus.

The speaker in this poem examines her place between the “blessed and unblessed” and observes the gap between her actions of piety and the “attempt” at a life.

This is the story of a wealthy group of students who willingly gave up everything and the one vegan stew that kept them all together.

In this meditation on two contemporary outsider musicians, Nathaniel Rogers considers the power dynamics of listening and what we might learn about the beauties and pitfalls of cliché.

Karl Marx’s critique of religion is often misunderstood, and so the relevance of its insights for the Christian church go unrecognized. Taking Marx to church will present us with challenges and opportunities to struggle in solidarity with and for others in a world that is impoverished and decimated by global capitalism.