Notes on humanity : faith, reason, certainty / R.W. Carstens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carstens, R. W. (Ronald W.), 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Western.

Europe--Intellectual life.

Europe.

Intellectual life.

Faith and reason.

Reason.

Physical Description:

ix, 136 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2003]

Summary:

Notes on Humanity delivers a thought provoking view of Western intellectual history, presenting the three primary intellectual attitudes, Faith, Reason, and Certainty, and their historic struggle to define the ideal of humanity in the Western experience. The questions spawned in this endeavor are the inheritance of Western civilization. The author skillfully traces human engagement with Faith, Reason, and Certainty through an evaluation of the great works (including both literature and the fine arts), which remain the visible manifestations of humanity's pilgrimage toward resolution and harmony.

Contents:

I The Nature of a liberal Arts Education 1

II The Idea of Reason: A constraining Grace 9

III The Covenant of Faith: The Judeo-Christian Experience 23

IV The Church and the Empire: Augustus to Augustine 33

V The Medieval Synthesis: The Order of Christian Humanism 41

VI The Ideal of Civil Life: From the Medievals to the Renaissance 59

VII The Reformed Reason: From Reformation to Enlightenment 81

VIII The Baroque: Politics of Faith 95

IX The Age of Reason and Revolution 105

X Conclusion: The Myth and the Mountain 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0761826106

OCLC:

52509589