This is a great article that I think also applies to our culture in contemporary America and Huntsville. Remarkable comments from a secular anthropologist acknowledging the modern failure of man to solve his problems on his own. It’s clear that he’s not yet a full-blown disciple. But he’s heading in the right direction.

I urge you to spend the time plowing through it. Huntsville and Amercia is ripe for missional Christians. The need is great (Matthew 9:37-38)

Bob
Fides Quaerens Intellectum

Extract:

French anthropologist René Girard, one of the most influential intellectuals of contemporary culture, thinks that a Christian Renaissance lies ahead.

In the book, the French professor states that “religion conquers philosophy and surpasses it. Philosophies in fact are almost dead. Ideologies are virtually deceased; political theories are almost altogether spent. Confidence in the fact that science can replace religion has already been surmounted. There is in the world a new need for religion.”

“In my opinion, Christianity proposes a solution to these problems …..”

According to the anthropologist, “Christianity is a revelation of love” but also “a revelation of truth” because “in Christianity, truth and love coincide and are one and the same.”

“If we let ourselves go, abandoning all scruples, the possibility exists that each one will end up doing what he wants,” writes Girard.
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Bob Pratico
Fides Quaerens Intellectum
(my Sojourn blog)