“There is no religion without contradictions.”
-Karl Kautsky, The Foundations of Christianity, p. 189.
The Social Democrats
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Kautsky, John H. 1994. Karl Kautsky: Marxism, Revolution and Democracy. New Brunswick: Transaction.
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McLellan, David. 1987. Marxism and Religion: A Description and Assessment of the Marxist Critique of Christianity. Harper Collins.
Salvadori, Massimo. 1990. Karl Kautsky and the Socialist Revolution 1880-1938. London and New York: Verso.