This approach elucidates the brilliance of our religious ancestors, the dynamism of their texts, and the vision of humanity they were intending to pass down to generations. Reading The Passion of the Western Mind provides a far more wholistic and integrated view of the development of religious concepts and ideas–the positive, and the negative–in their intellectual context. My experiences in religious education through college and seminary have been, in my humble opinion, woefully inadequate, tribally myopic, and culturally irrelevant.An ideological history is, in my humble opinion, far more informative, insightful, and reflective of our human journey. An historical account that reports “happenings” are not as interesting to me as an historical analysis of the ideas that give rise to the events.Here are a few reasons why I absolutely love this book: Virtually every page in this book has been highlighted, underlined, or asterisked. The mere scope of the project is astonishing, and Tarnas’s objective analysis, concise summations, and cultural evaluation, captivated my imagination and inspired my curiosity. The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View.
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