Escape from Reason
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Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we feel is now the truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness.How did we get here? And where do we find a remedy?
In this modern classic, Francis A. Schaeffer traces trends in twentieth-century thought and unpacks how key ideas have shaped our society. Wide-ranging in his analysis, Schaeffer examines philosophy, science, art and popular culture to identify dualism, fragmentation and the decline of reason.
Schaeffer's work takes on a newfound relevance today in his prescient anticipation of the contemporary postmodern ethos. His critique demonstrates Christianity's promise for a new century, one in as much need as ever of purpose and hope.
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Francis A. Schaeffer founded the L'Abri Fellowship in Switzerland and was the author of many books, including The God Who Is There. Until his death in 1984, he was also a noted speaker with a worldwide ministry. His ministry continues through his books, with over two million copies in print.
J. P. Moreland (PhD, University of Southern California) is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in La Mirada, California. He is the author, coauthor, or contributor to over ninety-five books, including Does God Exist?, Universals, The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, Consciousness and the Existence of God, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, In Search of a Confident Faith, Love Your God With All Your Mind, The God Question, and Debating Christian Theism. In his distinguished career, Moreland has co-planted three churches, spoken and debated on over 175 college campuses around the country, and served with Campus Crusade for Christ for ten years. The founder and director of Eidos Christian Center, he also previously served as a bioethicist for PersonaCare Nursing Homes, Inc. headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Moreland?s ideas have been covered by both popular religious and non-religious outlets, including the New Scientist, Christianity Today, PBS's "Closer to Truth," and WORLD magazine. In 2016 Moreland was selected by The Best Schools as one of the "50 most influential living philosophers."
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Foreword by J. P. Moreland Preface Chapter 1 Nature and Grace Aquinas and the Autonomous Painters and Writers Nature Versus Grace Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael Chapter 2 A Unity of Nature and Grace The Reformation and Man More About Man Reformation, Renaissance and Morals The Whole Man Chapter 3 Early Modern Science Kant and Rousseau ModernModern Science Modern Modern Morality Hegel Kierkegaard and the Line of Despair Chapter 4 The Leap Secular Existentialism The New Theology Upper Story Experiences Linguistic Analysisand the Leap Chapter 5 Art as the Upper Story Leap Poetry: The Later Heidegger Art: Andre Malraux Picasso Bernstein Pornography The Theater of the Absurd Chapter 6 Madness The "Upstairs" in Film and Television Upper Story Mysticism Jesus the Undefined Banner Chapter 7 Rationality and Faith The Bible Can Stand on Its Own Beginning from Myself and Yet The Source of the Knowledge We Need The "Leap in the Dark" Mentality The Unchanging in a Changing World Index Index
