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How the Doctrine of Incarnation Shaped Western Culture (Hardcover)
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How the Doctrine of Incarnation Shaped Western Culture (Hardcover)
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In recent years numerous scholars in disciplines not traditionally
associated with theology have promoted an interesting thesis. They
maintain that one particular Christian doctrine, the Incarnation,
had an inordinate influence on the shape of Western culture. The
doctrine, they say, was so radical that it mandated an
epistemological break with pagan society s perception of the
universe and forced Christians to form a new culture. As medieval
society worked out the consequences of the doctrine, it gave birth
to those attitudes, institutions, and actions that define modern
Western culture. The claims are well argued, but it is a
historically untested thesis. How the Doctrine of Incarnation
Shaped Western Culture is a response to the situation. It
investigates whether the presence of the doctrine had the
definitive effect on Western culture that so many scholars claim it
did. It searches early Christian and medieval sources for evidence
and concludes that the doctrine had a dominant effect on the
developing culture. No other idea was as omnipresent or pervasive
in Western society during its formative stage as the Incarnation
doctrine. The doctrine was influential in the establishment of
every major facet of Western culture. Its paradox, irrationality,
and juxtaposition of opposites created a tension that cried out for
resolution, and society responded accordingly. The ideas within the
doctrine acted as catalysts for cultural change. As a result, the
West developed its most characteristic traits and forged a path
that was uniquely its own."
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