Concept

Anarchism and religion

Overview

Anarchists have traditionally been skeptical of or vehemently opposed to organized religion. Nevertheless, some anarchists have provided religious interpretations and approaches to anarchism, including the idea that the glorification of the state is a form of sinful idolatry.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Anarchism and religion

• Sylvain Maréchal

Related ideas

• Jesus
• Max Stirner
• Anarchism
• Gershom Scholem
• William Godwin
• Individualist anarchism
• Individualism
• Atheism
• Murray Bookchin
• Jerusalem
• Zhuang Zhou
• Karl Marx
• Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
• Mu'tazilism
• Anarchist communism
• Conscience
• Spanish Civil War
• Muhammad
• Militarism
• Peter Marshall (travel writer)
• Heresy
• Russian Empire
• Simple living
• Noam Chomsky

Opposing perspectives

• Organized religion

Place in the tradition

Part of Anarchism.

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