The Meaninglessness of HistorySociety and the Sacred. Langdon Gilkey

Autor:	Gibson Winter
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	Aesthetics media_common.quotation_subject Christian theology Section (typography) Christian faith Religious studies Enlightenment Sociology Contemporary culture Period (music) Subject matter media_common
Zdroj:	The Journal of Religion. 64:96-100
ISSN:	1549-6538 0022-4189
DOI:	10.1086/487078
Popis:	Society and the Sacred by Langdon Gilkey gathers the author's lectures from recent years. The subject matter is Christian theology of culture. The title somewhat misleadingly invites the reader to an exploration of "society and the sacred," but the author is primarily concerned with an apologetic for the Christian faith in a period of cultural crisis. The original audience is academic, but the materials have broad significance for a literate public. Professional academics are often clearer and more direct in such public addresses, and this volume is no exception. In these lectures Langdon Gilkey states his case clearly and persuasively. Gilkey takes up three aspects of contemporary culture. The first section, "The Sacred in Modern Culture," challenges the Enlightenment vision of a purely rational society. The author argues for an inescapable religious dimension in societal process. He also defends the reasonableness of the Christian disclosure of this sacral dimension. His
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