Collision Crossroads: The Intersection of Modern Western Culturewith the Christian Gospel

Flett, John

Deep Sight Publishing

Something powerfully disturbing has been happening to Western society, particularly over the final decades of the 20th Century. Like hidden movements of the tectonic plates deep within the earth, the once familiar shape, substance and values of Western culture have shifted markedly. This has brought with it a liberating release of energy and opportunities, but also much pain and insecurity.    Alvin Toffler describes this change as "a hinge of history", while Mikhail Gorbachev has observed: "humankind stands at a watershed." The repercussions of this for society in general, but especially for the Christian Church, are profound. Moving Between Times explores the nature, origins and impact of modernity and postmodernity, the two paradigms that constitute these unseen dynamic forces, and describes how this upheaval will affect both the spiritual landscape of the 21st century, and our place in it. Drawing on the wide range of material now available from observers of these contemporary moods and movements, this book suggests changes the Church may need to consider.

Moving Between Times: Modernity and Postmodernity: A Christian View

Carrell, Brian

Science from the Greeks, law from the Romans, religion from the Hebrews - so runs the popular stereotype. This new search shows how Greeks tried for science, but failed because of their theology. Tribal cultures, such as Maori, Zulu and Sioux, could not even try for science. The great civilizations and the Asian religions produced impressive technologies, but never science. The Hebrew people had to borrow their technologies and produced no science. They did, however, produce a worldview that both enabled and required science. Their radical de-sacralization of space, time and matter, and of social structures, represents one of the great cultural revolutions in history, and was expressed in the contrast between temple and synagogue. When this was developed within Christian Western Europe, science as we know it arose in the 16th century. Dr. Turner sets out the historical origins and essential cultural basis of science, and rediscovers the sixth century John Philoponus as the greatest theoretical physicist before Newton. This absorbing and important work breaks new ground to uncover the historical roots of science. It deserves a wide readership.

The Roots of Science: An Investigative Journey Through the World's Religions

Turner, Harold

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Collision Crossroads: The Intersection of Modern Western Culturewith the Christian Gospel

Moving Between Times: Modernity and Postmodernity: A Christian View

The Roots of Science: An Investigative Journey Through the World's Religions