Catholic communism

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Catholic communism, also known as White Bolshevism,[1] is a form of Christian communism that combines Catholicism with communism. Known as cattocomunismo in Italian, Catholic communism first emerged in Italy in the 1930s amongst the members of Catholic Action.[2] Catholic communists embraced communism as the realization of Catholic social teaching and accepted historical materialism, but also rejected the dialectical materialism and atheism of Marxist-Leninism.[3]

  1. ^ Foot, John M. (1997). "'White Bolsheviks'? The Catholic Left and the Socialists in Italy – 1919–1920" (PDF). The Historical Journal. 40 (2). Cambridge University Press: 415–433.
  2. ^ Hagman, Todd Weir (2018). "Introduction: Comparing Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Culture Wars" (PDF). Journal of Contemporary History. 53 (3). University of Groningen/UMCG: 489–502. doi:10.1177/0022009418778783.
  3. ^ Saresella, Daniela (2018). "The Movement of Catholic Communists, 1937–45". Journal of Contemporary History. 53 (3). SagePub: 644–661. doi:10.1177/0022009417690595.