To John Macmurray (7 September 1933)

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Professor John MACMURRAY
on the purpose on the Book.

(Based on a letter to D.K.K. dated 7.ix.33)

It is essential to find a basis of unity for the book. […]

It is possible to make a book that represents all the possible views of the relations of C. and C.. […]

But the basis of unity need not be an agreement in point of view. […]

I ____ ___ THE BOOK TO BE A REAL EFFORT TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS OF COMMUNISM AND CHRISTIANITY.

As to my part I am convinced that I have got a long way towards a synthesis of C. and C., both on the philosophical side and (though less clearly) on the practical side. Let me put one issue which is central. The anti-religious attitude of Communism is inevitable: because the religious form of society are the central symbols of the nexus of social habits … […]

Letter Informations

Reference:
KPA: 56/11, 9-10

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