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Christ at the Assembly Line | Commonweal Magazine

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Simone Weil went into the factory to find out more about the social conditions of the modern worker in capitalism. Instead, she found Jesus Christ.

Christ at the Assembly Line | Commonweal Magazine Skip to main content Simone Weil, photographed for her factory administrative card (Photo 12/Alamy Stock Photo) Christ at the Assembly Line How a year of factory work transformed Simone Weil Costica Bradatan January 8, 2023 Religion Politics Social Justice Poverty Please email comments to [email protected] . From an early age, Simone Weil embodied a curious paradox: she was at once a child of extraordinary promise and a hopeless weakling, a prodigy and dangerously sickly. Steel and dust. A perceptive doctor who treated her when she was a c

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