For nearly two decades an unusual phenomenon has been taking place. Christians and Marxists, traditionally regarded as bitter opponents, generated among their adherents a small, but influential number who engaged in dialogue. The dialogue emerged, in some instances with surprising vigor and spontaneity, only to be practically suppressed or greatly hindered in most locations. Yet interest, academic and existential, persists. And there is some evidence that, while one stage of the dialogue has ended, new impulses toward dialogue will insure its continuation.

A fairly large number of books and articles, some of them of outstanding quality, have emerged. A small number of educators judged this dialogue to be worthy of close scrutiny and development. The interest has been sustained and increased. This bibliography is offered as a tool to those colleagues who wish to complement their course offerings or start new courses which would be devoted either partially or completely to the subject matter of the Christian-Marxist dialogue.

It is my guess that the vast majority of students taking such courses know too little about Marxism and, possibly, too little about Christianity. Therefore, they will need to be referred to a bibliography that includes works on the nature of Marxism and Christianity, on the Marxist analysis of religion, on the Christian attitudes toward Marxism, and so forth. Little of this is attempted here. The bibliography contains almost exclusively books dealing with the more narrow field of the theoretical or practical aspects of the actual dialogue. Some positive and constructive approaches to the background needs of students are presented by a few of the entries, usually not the most recent books.