The Turn to Transcendence The Role of Religion in the Twenty-First Century

by Glenn W. Olsen

Especially concerned with the public nature of religion, Glenn W. Olsen sets forth an exhaustively researched and persuasive account of how religion has been reshaped in the modern period. Though ancient and medieval western writers used various metaphors to express the idea that humans are aligned to the universe, they also believed that humans are oriented toward something ""above"" or transcending themselves. In recent centuries, however, the sense...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813217407
• ISBN13: 9780813217406
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"