ABSTRACT
Bertrand Russell, in his History of Western Philosophy, claimed that there are many structural similarities between Christianity and Marxism.1 If we call Marxism a political ideology, this indicates an interesting relationship between a religion and an ideology. If, on the other hand, we accept the Marxist concept of ideology-which is to say false consciousness-then a given religion can be labelled an ideology in contradistinction to Marxism.2
