Four Cultures of the WestThe workings of Western intelligence in our day--whether in politics or the arts, in the humanities or the church--are as troubling as they are mysterious, leading to the questions: Where are we going? What in the world were we thinking? By exploring the history of four "cultures" so deeply embedded in Western history that we rarely see their instrumental role in politics, religion, education, and the arts, this timely book provides a broad framework for addressing these questions in a fresh way. |
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... Christian forms , and manifest themselves today in more secular ways . These are , as John W. O'Malley identifies ... Christianity brilliantly illuminates the larger his- tory of the West . FOUR CULTURES OF THE WEST This One 715K - AUE.
... Christian apologist and polemicist Tertullian asked the question that pro- vides the basic structure for the way I ... Christianity ? Nothing at all , was Tertullian's answer . Others both before and after disagreed with him , affirming ...
... Christian- ity . Given my background , I could not write the book in any other way , nor would I want to . Recent international events have made devastatingly clear how important religion is as a force in the world and how we neglect ...
... Christian tradi- tion : its insistence on the incomprehensibility , the transcendence , the utter otherness of God . I call this the prophetic culture . " For my thoughts are not your thoughts , neither are my ways your ways , " said ...
... Christ . Social Christianity and a fundamental belief in democracy were the bases of her philosophy . " With patience and courage she chaired the committee that in 1948 produced the landmark United Nations ' Universal Declaration of ...