>This can be argued either way. The fact that Marxism is rooted in
>materialism would seem to indicate that it is a sharp departure from
>Judaism, Christianity and Islam. On the other hand, there is much about
>Marx himself that falls squarely within the Abrahamic prophetic
>tradition. I believe there was an Episcopal bishop who argued that line
>of thought during the 1920s and was ex-communicated.
At the Marxist Literary Group's conference this past June, many of us sat in silent awe as one participant outlined his evolution from born-again Christian to born-again Marxist. He found the teleological aspects of Marxism entirely consistent with his earlier Christian views; the only difference was that the redemption would be on earth rather than in heaven. I don't think that's in Marx himself, but the spirit is there in lots of Marxisms.
Doug