dec 7, 1927 - Socialism & Christianity

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"Decades earlier, in her Marxist phase, Roland Holst had been intrigued by the pacifist ideas of the Russian writer and social visionary Count Leo Tolstoy...After 1927, however, having discovered the flaws of dogmatic Marxism, she became increasingly convinced that the use of violence could only debase and pervert the ideals of any just cause. Influenced by the Dutch pacifist theologian Bartolomeus de Ligt, Roland Holst became convinced that Socialism and Christianity need not oppose each other." (https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/roland-holst-henriette-1869-1952)