Criticism of heaven : on Marxism and theology

Why do some of the major Marxists of the twentieth century engage extensively with theology? What is the influence on their other work? This book explores the intersections between Marxism and theology in the work of Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Louis Althusser, Henri Lefebvre, Antonio Gramsci, Terry Eagleton, Slavoj Žižek and Theodor Adorno.