Karl Marx: Influences on Social and Religious Views

Karl Marx

Social class can be attributed to the inspirational Karl Marx. Time after time, our society’s social structure is influenced, according to Marx, by the interactions between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Karl Marx was influential in various ways, including the way religion was viewed in society. In the text, Society of Religion, Christiano et al., Marx’s religious views are deemed as greatly influenced by his own view of religion in society. Known for his Jewish beliefs, Marx, as stated in the text, is known for understanding the capitalist economic system parallel to that of the exiled Jews from Egypt. Marx believed that both the exploitation and the degradation of the proletariat provided parallel experiences (Christiano et al., 2016).

Further stated in the text is Marx’s belief that faith should be replaced with reason, in addition to religion being replaced with science (Christiano et al.,

All of these variations assist in the understanding of the formation of religion in the United States.

First, ethnic fusion defines ethnicity as the major religious foundation. Success of such religions is attributed to the preservation of fundamentals that may be “at odds with the dominant culture (Christiano et al., 2016).” Second, ethnic religion links language and national identity to an ethnicity (Christiano et al., 2016). Third, religious ethnicity is defined as more than one group sharing the same religion (Christiano et al., 2016). Lastly, ethnic autonomy is defined as playing a minimal role in defining ethnic identity (Christiano et al., 2016). Ethnic autonomy is viewed as a less frequent identity, such as gypsies. Further elaborated in the text is the influence of religious institutions on the implementation of culture in the new