Response to Denys Turner

[Extract] First, let me thank Denys Turner for a characteristically stimulating and thought-provoking article, which has taught me much, especially about the crucial differences in two distinct theories of atheism in Marx’s thought. In responding to Turner I would like to take up just three major points from his article; and as well as commenting on what he writes here, I shall attempt to push the themes he raises a bit further in order to link them to the core concerns of this symposium and to potential contact with other articles.