Pagans & Christians in the City All Roads Lead to Rome Are the culture wars really driven by the perceived divide between the secular and sacred? Or do the roots of this conflict run deeper than we moderns can fathom? In this engaging tour de force of intellectual history, legal scholar Steven D. Smith contends that what we term "secular" masks a collection of pagan impulses and perspectives that can be traced all the way back to Rome. A History of the Original Counter Culture for the Thinking Christian Smith provides an interpretation of our modern conditions through engaging and jargonless argument and prose, and addresses those with whom he disagrees charitably and honestly. He's not interested in scoring points, but rather is concerned with making a strong case and winning over hearts and minds. Reframing Christian History The cultural conflicts of today are an essentially religious division that history has carried here all the way from antiquity. Each side of the divide recognizes the reality of “the sacred.” But one side understands the sacred as being merely immanent—in and of this world. The other side recognizes a transcendent sacred that stands over and above—and in judgment on—this world and this life. Examining These Subjects, and More Becoming a Religious People Worshipping a Transcendent God in Pagan Rome Origins of Early Christian Persecution The Hollowness of Syncretic Faith Connections between Roman Paganism and New Age Spirituality Steven D. Smith is Warren Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Institute for Law and Religion at the University of San Diego. He was previously the Robert and Marion Short Professor at Notre Dame Law School and the Byron R. White Professor of Law at the University of Colorado. Smith’s other books include The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom and The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse both published by Harvard University Press.
✔ Author(s): Steven D. Smith,Robert P. George
✔ Title: Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion)
✔ Rating : 4.7 out of 5 base on (48 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 0802878806
✔ ISBN-13: 9780802878809
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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