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Christianity and capitalism.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

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| March 01, 2004 | Colebatch, Hal G.P. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SIR: Here are some of the errors of logic, fact and argument in B.J. Coman's "Is America 'One Nation Under God'?" (December 2003).

Mr Coman states: "'Atheistic communism' is a favourite term with American conservatives, but I have yet to hear the term 'Atheistic capitalism'. Perhaps they have not read R.H. Tawney on the subject."

This insinuates equivalency between communism and capitalism. However, a crucial point about communism in this context is that it is itself a religion of a kind, and actively regards other religions as enemies to be destroyed. Capitalism is not a religion but a description of a method of production. It makes as much, of as ...

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