Christianity and Western Thought, Volume 2

Faith and Reason in the 19th Century

Volume 2, Christianity & Western Thought

By Steve Wilkens and Alan G. Padgett

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 436 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: July 2010

ISBN-10: 0-8308-3952-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3952-0
IVP Order Code: 3952

Related Subjects

Church History

Marx, Mill, Hegel, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Emerson, Darwin, Freud and Weber brought to the nineteenth century new realms of thought, which still continue to wield substantial influence today. As a result, the study of history, science, psychology, philosophy, sociology and religion have never been the same.

These heirs to rationalism began to explore the full range of human experience--which became a matter of philosophical and theological interest, and even authority. Romanticism flourished in the arts and literature as Idealism, Transcendentalism, Pragmatism and other movements developed. All had a profound effect on religion and how it was viewed.

In this second of three volumes which survey the dynamic interplay of Christianity and Western thought from the earliest centuries through the twentieth century, Steve Wilkens and Alan Padgett tell the story of the monumental changes of the nineteenth century.