Abstract
Comparing the Marxist and Christian views of man is a fascinating exercise because of the parallelism between them. If we explore them via that parallelism we are made to realize how far apart they are. Yet in one popular estimate Marxism and Christianity are taken to be just about bedfellows! This presentation therefore is planned to lead up to that question. The basic parallel between the views is that both consider that man, at the point where they each discover him, is not truly himself. Something has got in the way of his fulfilment in authentic selfhood. Yet both are optimistic about the outcome, for they consider that a way to that is open. Man is fallen, but may be restored—and, indeed, shall be.
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