Christians and the Socialist Struggle: Promises and Perils

Obery Hendricks, Josh Davis, and Aaron Anderson speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. There is a rise of religious organizations joining the socialist struggle. This panel will explore what role religion should play in socialist politics; the rightwing’s hegemony in US Christianity and what socialists can learn from it; and the difference between “reactionary socialism” and a truly emancipatory Christian socialist politics. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks