Four Cultures of the WestHarvard University Press, 2004 M10 15 - 261 pages The 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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... 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 " cul- tures " so deeply embedded in Western history that we rarely ...
... church ( genuine and forged ) the stan- dard , long lost from view , for the way things were supposed to be . He invoked ancient sources to justify his revolution . As is true of so many revolutions , Gregory fought this one in the name ...
... times to such an extent that they became one , almost indistinguishable . The writ- ings of the Fathers of the Church evince this influence , and even though Augustine repudiated " the Platonists , " he could IO INTRODUCTION.
... church building and restoration in a newly programmatic way . Meanwhile , the new churches of the Reformation developed new forms of ritual and made use of some of the arts , especially music , in effective but usually quite different ...
... church they still speak the language of the New Testament and of the early councils of the church . In the West the contrast between the then and the now forced a much stronger sense of something lost and now found again . As that ...