For the Institute of Christian Economics, the review is written by David Chilton. Excellent, footnoted and cited.
The Socialist Phenomenon
by Igor Shafarevich
This is a 1983 review of the above book that outlines the origins of Socialism, from before the Christian Socialism of Reformation-era Anabaptists to the present-day Theophobic manifestation. Utilizing a variety of sources, the author places insightful proportions on the roots of Socialist thought within historical anti-Christianity; from so-called Christian Pacifist thieves and thugs--who also perpetuated orgies but murdered virtuous wives as all "property" was common--to the former Soviet Union and their ideas of freedom, from Egyptians to the Incans, just the information in these 4 pages are as timely as ever, let alone the entire book. The Atheist, e.g. God-hater, is firmly held in the grips of the evil world-view that Shafarevich describes from inside the Iron Curtain. Only the Good News can save him; but for him, it may be too late.
Furthermore, Shafarevich is a world-class mathematician; the preface to this work is by Solshenitsyn, who explains the reason a mathematician had to write it was that the Soviet's "maximum leaders" had killed all the sociologists and humanists who might otherwise have written it. The only copies I was able to find are selling for $90 online. Hopefully, Chilton's review will suffice for now.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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