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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... Four cultures of the West / John W. O'Malley . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0-674-01498-7 ( alk . paper ) 1. Civilization , Western - History . I. Title . CB245.045 2004 909'.0982 - dc22 2004047730 For ...
... four phenomena in the history of the West . I call them cultures . In illustrating their characteristics I make large use of my specialty , the history of Christianity . I have written the book for anyone interested in either of those ...
... four cultures began to surface in my mind many years ago while I was in Rome working on a book about sermons preached in the Sistine Chapel during the Renaissance . They then helped me sort out in a somewhat new way the tangle of issues ...