God the Creator, heaven and heavenly things, the unseen and its influence on the earth, man’s soul, unity), and nature the lower (i.e. Understanding the gravity of analyzing an ideology’s roots, Schaeffer initiates his examination of modern thought with Thomas Aquinas.Īquinas (1225) led the way for the discussion of the apparent dichotomy between grace and nature. Of course, as more time elapses, the influence becomes diluted, but it still remains a vital clue to understanding the ideology and nature of the movement. Many in modern culture, in large part because of the very thought patterns that Schaeffer scrutinizes, disregard the significant impact that the roots of a movement or organization has on its current form. He believes, and argues, that to effectively communicate to the non-Christian in modern culture, Christians must be able to do more than just “learn the language,” but instead must “learn another language – that of the thought-forms of the people to whom he speaks” (207). I have started reading Francis Schaeffer’s “ Escape from Reason.” In this book, he seeks to analyze modern culture (208).
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