2000 Years and Beyond: Faith, Identity and the 'Commmon Era'

By: David Archard and Trevor A. Hart and Nigel Rapport and Paul Gifford

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Synopsis: 2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and cultural theory. In a horizon-scanning work, they look backwards and forwards to explore what links us to the matrix of the Judaeo-Christian tradition from which Western cultural identity has evolved.Their plural reflections raise searching questions about how we move from past to future - and about who 'we' are. What do the catastrophes of the twentieth century signify for hopes of progress? Can post - Enlightment humanism and its notion of human nature survive without faith? If the 'numinous magic global capitalism' is our own giant shadow cast abroad, does that shadow offer hope enough of a communal future? Has the modern, secularized West now outgrown its originating faith matrix? Often controversial and sometimes visionary, these seven new essays ask: how do we tell - and rewrite - the story of the Common Era? Introduced by Paul Gifford, and discussed in a lively dialogic conclusion, they add their distinctive voices to a debate of profound and urgent topicality.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 240 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781134470792
Related ISBNs:: 9780203398487, 9780415278089, 9780415278089, 9780415278072, 9780415278072
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 06/06/20
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: David Archard
Edited by:: Trevor A. Hart
Edited by:: Nigel Rapport
Edited by:: Paul Gifford