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The Affinities Between Marxism and Christianity with Scott Paeth

Published: July 19, 2018, 8:16 a.m.

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Theology Nerd Podcast with\xa0the\xa0Dr. Tripp Fuller. This is a shorter Q&A episode, where your friendly, local internet theologian answers questions submitted by you.

Today Tripp is joined by Scott Paeth,\xa0professor and ethicist at DePaul University, to help answer your questions, including:

what is gained by engaging with Karl Marx if you\u2019re a Christian?

Scott and Tripp discuss the affinities between Marxism and Christianity, how capitalism is contrary to Christian values, how Marxism and Christianity draw upon each other, how money and possessions determine a lot about our relationships, and the Marxist critique of religion.

Plus, how our unquestioned ideology sustains our economic systems, and what Marx really has to say about religion.

There are lots of ways you can submit a question for Tripp to answer: go to\xa0trippfuller.com\xa0and click the \u201csend voicemail\u201d button on the right (near the scroll bar); you can also leave us a 5-star review on iTunes with your question\xa0as\xa0the review; you can tweet\xa0@trippfuller; or you can send an email with your question to\xa0mediaguru@homebrewedchristianity.com