01828cam a2200289Ii 4500 5070 5070 3317117 OCoLC 20181219200121.0 771004s1968 ilu 000 0 eng d 68058084 0877845387 9780877845386 (OCoLC)3317117 MUM eng MUM BAKER OCLCG YDXCP SEO OCLCQ B804 .S32 1968 190 S294E 190 S2947 Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) Escape from reason : a penetrating analysis of trends in modern thought / Francis A. Schaeffer. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 1968. 96 p. ; 18 cm. Foreword 1. Nature and Grace 2. A Unity of Nature and Grace--Reformation and Renaissance 3. Early Modern Science 4. The Leap--Existentialism 5. Art as the Upper Storey Leap 6. Madness 7. Rationality and Faith Index. Man is dead. God is dead. Life has become meaningless existence, man a cog in a machine. The only way of escape lies in a nonrational fantasy world of experience, drugs, absurdity, pornography, an elusive "final experience," madness ... If this is the twentieth-century mentality, how did it come about? And how can the Christian faith be made meaningful today? In this highly original book Dr. Schaeffer traces the way in which art and philosophy have reflected the dualism in Western thinking introduced at the time of the Renaisance. Today this dualism is expressed in a despair of rationality and an escape into a nonrational world which alone offers hope. It is shown in literature, art and music, theatre and cinema, television and popular culture. Philosophy, Modern History. Philosophy, Modern 20th century. ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC HMC HMC GEN 2018-12-19 150.00 0 190 S294E 005790 2018-12-19 00:00:00 2018-12-19 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC HMC HMC GEN 2018-12-19 150.00 0 190 S294E 011363 2021-02-09 00:00:00 2018-12-19 BK