Notes on Humanity: Faith, Reason, Certainty

by R. W. Carstens

Overview

These reflections on faith, reason and certainty have the purpose of engaging again, if not anew, the fundamental intellectual elements of western civilization. The great works which are the basis of this book are the residue of humanity's engagement with these elemental ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819148858
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/12/1985
Pages:	142
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

R.W. Carstens is Professor of Political Science at Ohio Dominican College in Columbus, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Nature of a Liberal Arts Education
Chapter 2 The Idea of Reason: A Constraining Grace
Chapter 3 The Covenant of Faith: The Judeo-Christian Experience; The Church and the Empire: Augustus to Augustine
Chapter 4 The Medieval Synthesis: The Order of Christian Humanism
Chapter 5 The Ideal of Civil Life: From the Medievals to the Renaissance
Chapter 6 The Reformed Reason: From Reformation to Enlightenment
Chapter 7 The Baroque: Politics of Faith
Chapter 8 The Age of Reason and Revolution
Chapter 9 Conclusion: The Myth and the Mountain

Editorial Reviews

This book is an excellent introduction to the problem of understanding the notion of humanity, especially for freshmen coming to courses on Western Civilization for the first time...Well-written, with a challenging vocabulary...

Victor L. Worsfold