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15 reviewsISBN 10: 081322134X
ISBN 13: 9780813221342
Author: Christopher Dawson, Gerald J. Russello
Religion and Culture was first presented by historian Christopher Dawson as part of the prestigious Gifford Lecture series in 1947. It sets out the thesis for which he became famous: religion is the key of history.
The book makes two parallel arguments. First, Dawson argues that religion is, and should be treated as, a separate category of human experience. Second, Dawson claims that religion has a unique place in human culture and has defined and developed different cultures in identifiable ways. Without understanding both premises, he argues, one cannot understand cultural development.
Drawing on his profound and sympathetic reading in anthropology, sociology, comparative religion and the literatures of Western and non-Western cultures, Dawson seeks to bridge the gap between religion and the sciences through the tradition of natural theology. His approach respects the natural sciences and their power to plumb the mysteries of the natural world, while recognizing that they cannot, alone, explain religious intimations of the transcendent.
Religion and Culture was written and published in a time not unlike our own, when the very distinctiveness of religious experience has been denigrated, and religious belief is considered in some circles as an atavistic holdover. And yet, the existence of a purely technocratic culture and its ability to embody and transmit moral or cultural norms remains in doubt. Dawson, who in his day was respected well outside Catholic circles, is an important voice in this continuing debate.
1. Natural Theology and the Scientific Study of Religion
II. The Elements of Religion: God and the Supernatural
III. The Relation between Religion and Culture
IV. The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society
(I) Prophets and Divination
v. The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society
(II) Priesthood and Sacrifice
VI. The Sources of Religious Knowledge and the Religious Organs of Society
(III) Kingship
VII. The Divine Order and the Order of Nature. Sacred Science
VIII. The Divine Order and the Social Order. Sacred Law
IX. The Divine Order and the Spiritual Life. The Way of Perfection
X. Religion and Cultural Change
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