Religion and Class

Wolff, Richard D.

doi:10.1057/9781137339249_2

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“…Due to this imbalance in economic power, capitalists can appropriate the surplus value, which is, put simply, what remains after paying wages, and use this to amass profit. This can be invested in acquiring more capital and increasing socio-political power, through which the capitalist class structure is reproduced (Marx 2013;Wolff 2013). Furthermore, this inequality means that workers have little power over what or how goods are produced and how profits are distributed.…”

Section: Conceptual Framework Defining Classmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Theology of Class Struggle: A Critical Analysis of British Muslims’ Praxis against Class Inequality

Chaudhry

2023

Religions

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The primary goal of Liberation Theology is to change the material conditions of marginalised and oppressed groups in society. Within Islamic Liberation Theology, however, issues related to class and economic inequality are notably missing. This paper seeks to begin this conversation and highlight the necessity of addressing economic exploitation, which affects most of the world’s population and Muslims disproportionately. Using a praxis-based methodology, it centres the interpretation of activists from Nijjor Manush, a British Bengali activist group, and seeks to understand how Islam is used as a liberative tool to combat class oppression. Through interviews and focus groups, an alternative and revolutionary Islam emerges. Echoing a Marxist understanding of class, it sees exploitation as an inherent part of the current capitalist system and recognises the necessity of people seizing economic power. This overarching objective is the lens through which activism in the here and now is interpreted and tactics decided. Establishing economic justice therefore means trying to secure “non-reformist reforms” in the short term, which resist the logic of capital and secure the interests of the marginalised, while working towards the ultimate goal of ending economic exploitation and, by extension, abolishing class.

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Section: Conceptual Framework Defining Classmentioning

confidence: 99%