Keir Hardie, the Bible, and Christian Socialism

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher focuses on the life and efforts of Keir Hardie, one of the founders of the UK Labour Party and one of the foremost figureheads of trade unionism. Drawing upon the work of two contemporary and significant American theorists-Herbert Gutman''s classic essay on “Working-Class Religion” and Michael Gold''s call for “Proletarian Literature”-Smith-Christopher marries British a...