Tag: death of God

  • Chapter Three: Wandering About

    There is nothing worse for men than wandering. – Loren Eiseley Despite its unprecedented wealth and affluence the modern West is blighted by epidemic levels of mental illness, loneliness, social disconnectedness, identity diffusion, and meaninglessness. Marked by rampant consumerism and addiction, a burgeoning culture of narcissism continues to undermine once-venerated social norms and hasten erosion of…

  • Chapter Two: Cloud of Unknowing

    The idea that culture is an adventure of the human spirit, to be carried on in fellowship for the good of our souls, vanishes from sight. – Theodore Roszak In 1887 iconoclastic German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche issued an ominous warning: “Our knowledge will take its revenge on us, just as ignorance extracted its revenge during the…