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Christian Socialism
The linkage of socialism with Christianity has always been contentious, causing alienation among Christians who did not want to be considered as socialists and vice versa. The classic example of Christian Socialism is the English movement established in London in April 1848 by J. M. Ludlow, Charles Kingsley, and F. D. Maurice in response to a failed Chartist march. A manifesto was produced, “To the Working Men of England,” that confirmed their role as Christian Socialists, although the term was not used until 1850. The founders were not socialists in the later political sense, and their efforts to attract a working-class readership with their pamphlets failed as they were too moderate to satisfy the mood of growing unrest. They did, however, share a belief in ...
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