The universe is on our side [electronic resource] : restoring faith in American public life

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	The universe is on our side: [electronic resource]: restoring faith in American public life / Bruce Ledewitz.
개인저자	Ledewitz, Bruce, 1975- author.
발행사항	New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press, [2022].
형태사항	1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages).
기타형태 저록	Print version: Ledewitz, Bruce, 1975- Universe is on our side New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2021] 9780197563939
ISBN	0197563953 9780197563960 0197563961 9780197563953
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
요약	"There has been a breakdown in American public life that no election can fix. Americans cannot even converse about politics. All the usual explanations for our condition have failed to make things better. Bruce Ledewitz shows that America is living with the consequences of the Death of God, which Friedrich Nietzsche knew would be momentous and irreversible. God was this culture's story of the meaning of our lives. Even atheists had substitutes for God, like inevitable progress. Now we have no story and do not even think about the nature of reality. That is why we are angry and despairing. America's future requires that we begin a new story by each of us asking a question posed by theologian Bernard Lonergan: Is the universe on our side? When we commit to live honestly and fully by our answer to that question, even if our immediate answer is no, America will begin to heal. Beyond that, pondering the question of the universe will allow us to see that there is more to the universe than blind forces and dead matter. Guided by the naturalism of Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy, and the historical faith of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we can learn to trust that the universe bends toward justice and our welfare. That conclusion will complete our healing and restore faith in American public life. We can live without God, but not without thinking about holiness in the universe"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
주제명(지명)	United States --Politics and government --Public opinion. --21st century United States --Politics and government --History. United States. --fast
일반주제명	Religion and politics --United States --History.
분류기호(DDC)	322.10973
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