a penetrating analysis of trends in modern thought Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August) creator text ilu Downers Grove, Ill InterVarsity Press 1968 monographic eng

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96 p. ; 18 cm. 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. 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. Francis A. Schaeffer. Philosophy, Modern History Philosophy, Modern 20th century B804 .S32 1968 190 S294E 0877845387 9780877845386 68058084 MUM 771004 20181219200121.0 3317117 eng