Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American CultureCrossway, 1993 M06 15 - 366 páginas "The bookshelf next to my desk holds Christian classics and books I refer to often. Idols sits on that shelf, for Herb's lucid critique has been an invaluable reference for my own writings. It helps believers to understand the ideologies that undergird secular culture, and how they dramatically--and dangerously--differ from the Judeo-Christian view based on adherence to absolute truth." --Charles Colson, Prison Fellowship "Well-written and highly readable... discerning and critical analysis of our times; a stimulating contribution." --Carl F. H. Henry "This book has become a vade mecum for thousands of Christians who understand the cultural disaster of our time and are determined to do something about it." --Richard John Neuhaus, Editor-in-chief, First Things "Now that Francis Schaeffer is no longer with us, Schlossberg is just about the most provocative Christian thinker around." --Harold O. J. Brown, Professor of Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School "Years before anyone talked about an American 'culture war, ' Herb Schlossberg penned an acute description of the crisis of virtue that is the domestic issue of the 1990s. His diagnosis remains essential reading for everyone who believes that self-governing republic requires self-governing and morally serious citizens." --George Weigel, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center "Thorough, provocative and especially penetrating. If you want to think Christianly about culture Idols for Destruction is must reading " --John H. White, President, Geneva College |
Contenido
Idols of History | 11 |
The Cult of Historicism | 13 |
History as Lord of the Universe | 14 |
Getting in Step with History | 17 |
Inevitable Progress | 18 |
History As a Polemical Device | 19 |
The Historical Profession | 21 |
The Myth of the Seamless Web | 25 |
Nature in Control | 171 |
The Riddle of the One and the Many | 174 |
Prolegomena to Any Christian Epistemology | 175 |
Idols of Power | 177 |
God Marching on Earth | 178 |
Only the State Can Save Us | 180 |
A Moral Revolution | 181 |
Our Father the State | 183 |
The Christian View of History | 27 |
Gods Action in History | 30 |
Judgment | 32 |
Judgment and Mercy | 34 |
Consequences of the Christian View of History | 35 |
Idols of Humanity | 39 |
The Ethics of Antinomianism | 43 |
The Function of Law as Ethical Foundation | 47 |
Subjective Pragmatism | 49 |
Humanitarianism | 50 |
Ressentiment | 51 |
Equalitarianism | 55 |
The Misuse of Guilt | 57 |
The Poverty Issue | 59 |
Poverty and Culture | 62 |
Poverty and Work | 64 |
Poverty and Dependency | 67 |
The Curse of Ontological Victimhood | 69 |
The Poor Countries | 70 |
Domination by Classification | 74 |
The Exercise of Power | 75 |
Issues of Life and Death | 77 |
The Degradation of Humanity | 82 |
The Irrationality of Humanism | 84 |
Humanism and the Future | 85 |
Idols of Mammon | 88 |
Covetousness and Theft | 89 |
The Alchemist as Thief | 90 |
Inflation | 91 |
The Role of Banking in the Inflationary Process | 94 |
Politics and Inflation | 96 |
Inflation as Redistribution | 97 |
The Consequences of Inflation | 99 |
Envy and Economics | 102 |
Morality and Economics | 106 |
Materialism | 107 |
Redistribution | 108 |
Redistribution to the Rich | 109 |
Redistribution to Business and Industry | 111 |
The Political Payoff | 115 |
The Politics of Pressure Groups | 116 |
The Power of the State over Economic Life | 118 |
Bureaucratic Domination | 121 |
Price Controls | 124 |
Autonomous Officialdom | 126 |
The Failure to Invest | 127 |
The Role of Profit in the Economy | 129 |
The Onset of Poverty | 130 |
Freedom and Coercion | 133 |
The Evasion of Evil | 135 |
The Failure of Mammon | 136 |
Idols of Nature | 140 |
Nature as the Whole Show | 141 |
Science as Religion | 142 |
Social Science and Philosophical Materialism | 146 |
The Eclipse of Materialism | 147 |
Determinism | 148 |
Social Science as Ideology | 151 |
Reductionism and the Sociology of Knowledge | 153 |
Reason as Lord of the Universe | 157 |
The Triumph of the Irrational | 158 |
Assault from the East | 161 |
Nature as Lord of the Universe | 164 |
The Effects of Naturalist Irrationality | 165 |
The Cult of Narcissism | 166 |
A World Become Spooky | 169 |
The Second Face of Janus | 170 |
The State as Idol | 184 |
Creating Utopia | 188 |
The Rule of the Elite | 192 |
The New Gnosticism | 194 |
The Apotheosis of Power | 197 |
ScholarsonPension | 198 |
The Shepherds and the Sheep | 201 |
Bureaucrats Politicians and the Exercise of Power | 203 |
Khadi Law and the End of Justice | 205 |
Power Through the Religion of the Schools | 209 |
Individualism and Its Enemies | 211 |
Inferior Magistrates as Countervailing Powers | 212 |
The Family Under Attack | 215 |
The Attack on Economic Resistance to the State | 216 |
Freedom as a Vice | 220 |
The Question of Totalitarianism | 222 |
The Vision of Global Unity | 224 |
The Irrationality of Statism | 227 |
The Sacralization of Power | 228 |
Idols of Religion | 232 |
False Religion in the Early Church | 234 |
The Conformity of American Religion | 235 |
Loss of Theological Underpinnings | 239 |
Humanism and the Church | 240 |
The War Against Economics | 241 |
Churches of the Messianic State | 243 |
Theology in the Service of Revolution | 245 |
Civil Religion and the Churches | 250 |
The Checkered Church | 253 |
Democratic Idolatry | 255 |
The Kingdom Coopted | 257 |
Consequences and Expectations | 260 |
History as a Moral Universe | 261 |
Foul Is Useful and Fair Is Not | 263 |
Moral Man and Immoral Society | 265 |
Moralism and Guilt in the Absence of Morality | 267 |
The Mimetic Inversion | 268 |
The Breakdown of Intellect | 270 |
Religious Secularity | 273 |
Manifestations of Religious Warfare | 275 |
The End of Prosperity | 277 |
A Society Feeding on Its Future | 281 |
A Society Marked by Strife | 283 |
Antinomianism as an Accompaniment to Decline | 285 |
Ethics in a PostChristian Society | 287 |
The Drive for Power Accelerates | 290 |
Poverty and Power | 292 |
The Onset of Judgment | 293 |
A Society Transformed | 295 |
The New Community | 298 |
Prolegomena to Any Christian Metaphysic | 299 |
Freedom and Responsibility | 302 |
Prolegomena to Any Christian Ethic | 304 |
Idolatry and Injustice | 307 |
Society and Its Dissenters | 309 |
Defying Mammon | 311 |
Responsibilites of the Rich and the Poor | 313 |
The Stewardship of Wealth | 316 |
Unity Among the Faithful | 318 |
Defying the Powers | 320 |
The Preservation of Intellect | 322 |
Christ Against the World | 323 |
Toward the Triumph of Justice | 326 |
Persecution | 330 |
Embarking on the Great Adventure | 333 |
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Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture Herbert Schlossberg Vista previa limitada - 1993 |