The Return of Christian Humanism
The Return of Christian Humanism
"Oser examines the twentieth-century literary clash between a dogmatically relativist modernism and a robust revival of Christian humanism. Reviewing English literature from Chaucer to Beckett, and the thoughts of philosophers, theologians, and modern literary critics, Oser challenges the assumption that Christian orthodoxy is incompatible with humanism, freedom, and democracy"--Provided by publisher.
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Reveals that Christian humanism informs a broad literature and maintains that it encourages a genuine diversity of thought based on reason, nature, and the accomplishments of artistic genius. This book describes how the liberal humanism of Matthew Arnold gave way to the Christian humanism of G K Chesterton.