By Martin Forward
ISBN-10: 1851682589
ISBN-13: 9781851682584
This leading edge examine proves to the center of faith, studying matters from the origins of non secular trust to existence after loss of life.
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13 rather than to the fatherhood of God. For in these tumultuous times, religion, specifically the Christian religion, often seemed to be part of the forces of reaction rather than of reform. It was no doubt for this reason, among others, that academics who sought after the origins of religion often did so in the assumption that the phenomenon of religion had become an anachronism. For them, its real meaning lay in the mists of time, in prehistory, and its relevance was now over. Probably the most famous critique of religion in the nineteenth century is that found in the works of Karl Marx (1818–83), the German social and political theorist.
Throughout the journey, my Western Enlightenment convictions were in abeyance. I knew this was the daftest trip I had ever made, with dacoits (robbers) in the area, yet was sure that I was safe in an enchanted world. My point here is not to compare worldviews, nor to suggest that my sense of safety was either sensible or misplaced. It is to say that, for a while, I saw freshly, as others saw; not from my usual perspective. I had lived abroad before, but not quite like this. I was removed from the phone, from linguistic fluency, from running water.
I caught the last train back, and had no great hope of making the necessary connections thereafter to get me ‘home’. When I got to the nearest railway station to the village there was one horse and cart there. I took it as far as the owner would go. Near where he dropped me there was a hut. A man came out and, recognising me, offered to take me to the village, still a considerable way off, on his scooter. I accepted gratefully. Throughout the journey, my Western Enlightenment convictions were in abeyance.
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