Marxism and Protestantism: conjunction points

This article provides a comparative analysis of Marxism and Protestantism, examining their common and distinctive features. The author substantiates a thesis on the Protestant origins of Marxism by examining German classical philosophy, English political economy and French utopian socialism. The points of convergence between Protestantism and Marxism are most evident in their attitudes toward rationalism, work ethic, and the eschatological problem. Both schools actively pursued the “disenchantment of the world” from a religious or quasi-religious perspective. The distinctive features of Marxist and Protestant rationalism are evident in their attitudes toward Orthodoxy and Confucianism.