THE unexpected bid by Jeremy Corbyn to lead the Labour Party will delight Christians who instinctively see their faith expressed in the kind of society advocated by the so-called Hard Left.
The roots of Anglican Christian Socialism are distinct, and go back to Frederick Denison Maurice (1805-72), once Professor of English History, Literature and Divinity at King’s College, London. His brand of Christian Socialism was based on the belief that the Kingdom of God was a progressive reality. God’s will is that the whole human community be gathered into Christ as head. Salvation is corporate rather than individual; we anticipate the Kingdom when we work for a co-operative society, and shun competition.
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