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The rise of [[Marxist]] socialism in the late 19th century in the [[Social Democratic Federation]] (SDF) (1881-1911) did not create a militantly atheistic and anti-religious force. From its beginnings, circa 1881, the SDF contained [[Christian socialists]], non-Christians, and anti-Christians. These groups generally coexisted in a state of compromise. Though Labour was not an openly religious organization “it was nevertheless permeated by religion both in its origin and in its subsequent development”.The membership of the SDF was generally secularist and freethinking. For all parties in the SDF, the central issue was commitment to socialism.<ref> Nigel Scotland, “Methodism and the English Labour Movement 1800-1906”.</ref>  

The rise of [[Marxist]] socialism in the late 19th century in the [[Social Democratic Federation]] (SDF) (1881-1911) did not create a militantly atheistic and anti-religious force. From its beginnings, circa 1881, the SDF contained [[Christian socialists]], non-Christians, and anti-Christians. These groups generally coexisted in a state of compromise. Though Labour was not an openly religious organization “it was nevertheless permeated by religion both in its origin and in its subsequent development”.The membership of the SDF was generally secularist and freethinking. For all parties in the SDF, the central issue was commitment to socialism.<ref> Nigel Scotland, “Methodism and the English Labour Movement 1800-1906”.</ref>  

===As a political theory===

===As a political theory===