Building a Movement of the Ecumenical Christian Left
The Institute for Christian Socialism is an ecumenical institute founded on the conviction that the socialism of the Gospel is irreconcilable with capitalism and demands Christian participation in the emergence of new forms of political economy today.
"Thankfully, the Institute for Christian Socialism is reclaiming Christianity for a political movement that recognizes that the dictates of the Gospel are wholly incompatible with capitalism. I pray that they succeed." — Micah Uetricht, Jacobin Magazine
"The time has come to engage in deep and serious conversations about alternatives. What if this time more Christians were to place themselves on the right side of history?" — Joerg Rieger, Vanderbilt University
The Bias
The voice of the Christian left
The Bias provides regular digital content that establishes the voice and perspectives of the Christian Left. Engagements with politics, culture, literature, economy, and environment weekly.
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Our Mission
Our mission is to support US churches, their members, and institutions in confronting the world’s captivity to capitalism and in claiming, embodying, and promoting the radical socialism of the Christian faith and life.
What is the Socialism of the Gospel?
Our Vision
We seek God’s new creation of a society marked by the interdependent health of our common earthly home, the shared enjoyment of our common wealth, and the just participation of all in our common social and political life together.
Initiatives
The Bias Magazine
The premiere print and digital platform of the Left in American Christianity and of Christian socialism within Left politics. The distinctive radical and ecumenical voice on politics, culture, economy, and environment.
Solidarities Project
ICS will assist in promoting and organizing existing and emerging projects aimed at concrete manifestations of the socalism of the Gospel in our time.
Fellows Program
ICS intends to name a selection of individuals to serve as the public, intellectual face of the initiative at the intersection of religious practice and politics and public policy.
Radical Convivia
These Convivia will bring thinkers and leaders of the Christian Left together with thinkers and leaders of the secular Left. Such events will promote mutual understanding, transformation, and cooperation, as well as collaborative strategy.
Radical Religion Books
ICS will produce a series of books considering the place of religion in Leftist politics. The series will publish works by radical religious authors and aims to encourage the secular Left to reconsider the vital contribution of religion and Christian socialism to its cause.
Make ICS a Reality with Your Support
ICS isn’t just another place for hot takes on religion, capitalism and socialism. It’s the beginning of a new Christian presence in American politics, unabashedly engaged in class politics — from the grassroots to the legislature, from churches to workplaces. Learn more about how you can help us fund the next stage of ICS.
Building the Ecumenical Christian Left