Christianity has to deal with a lot of misconceptions. From the idea that Christianity was created by Paul to the idea that Jesus was a cynic, owing to its prestige and power and the desecration of almost everything due to modernist secularism, Christianity has been the butt of many a dumb joke. None has been more perennial or foul than the suggestion that Christian teachings are socialist. Promoters of this idea are old and varied, with the old Utopians and later Social Gospel ministers being the main advocates. With the recent surge in progressive “Christianity” such claims regarding the...