Christianity and Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6399507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Lobkowicz, Nicholas Lobkowicɀ (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 373-389 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500014662 |
| OpenAlex | W2043686983 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Christianity has influenced Western culture more than any factor save human nature itself, and yet its influence is now greatly diminished. Reactions to this have usually taken the form of a Hegelian affirmation that Christianity, having served its historical purpose, is no longer important in itself; a nostalgic conservatism which rejects the culture of modernity simply; or a revivalism which ignores it. An alternative view rests on an analysis of culture and the enlightenment process of secularization to which the Church reacted by closing in on itself until the Second Vatican Council affirmed the legitimate autonomy of the secular. The Church itself, partly to blame for secularization through its practical demystification of nature and attempt to coercively supplant all pre- and non-Christian religious experience, should engage modernity while giving witness to human dignity and promoting a more human culture. Such a constructive recovery of Christian culture must avoid both politicization and moralism
Aesthetics · Christianity · Dignity · Enlightenment · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Modernity · Morality · Political science · Secularization · Sociology · Witness · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools · Religious studies
Cross of Christ and Hau Monef (Contextualisation of the Cross in the Atoin Pah Meto tribe)
Transcendence and Political Philosophy
The Western Indian Ocean as Cultural Corridor
The state and identity politics in Zanzibar
The Declining Sense of Belonging to the Church and Vocation Among Young Catholic Women in Lebanon
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |