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The Turn to Transcendence (Hardcover)
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The Turn to Transcendence (Hardcover)
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Especially concerned with the public nature of religion, Glenn W.
Olsen sets forth an exhaustively researched and persuasive account
of how religion has been reshaped in the modern period. Though
ancient and medieval western writers used various metaphors to
express the idea that humans are aligned to the universe, they also
believed that humans are oriented toward something ""above"" or
transcending themselves. In recent centuries, however, the sense
that humans, while living in nature and history, are oriented to
transcendence has seemingly diminished. For many, God or the gods
have all but disappeared from secular life. In this important and
timely book, Olsen demonstrates with powerful insight that there
are alternatives, and that religion can and should play a role in
restoring a cultural openness to transcendence. He considers such
questions as how we should understand God's presence in the
universe, what form religion should take in the public square, what
role liturgy plays in orienting us toward God in the universe, and
what it means for religion to be in but not of the world. Olsen
examines proposals for recovering an adequate sense of
transcendence for the future. These range from an appreciation of
certain forms of contemporary art and music specifically concerned
with transcendence, through discussion of the forms of Christian
life and worship most likely to prosper in and shape the modern
world. He proposes a contemporary way of expressing the ideas that
God is to be found in all things and that all is to be done to the
Glory of God. Glenn W. Olsen is professor of medieval history at
the University of Utah, with a Ph.D. in the history of the Middle
Ages. He is a frequent contributor to journals such as Communio,
Logos, and Faith and Reason, and is the author of the book
Christian Marriage: A Historical Study.
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