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Mature Religion: necessity or oxymoron?

Greg Clarke

To what extent do the values we hold dear in the secular West owe a debt to Christianity? Would the 'mature post-religious' West have emerged if not for Christian thought and practice? Significant contemporary intellectuals, such as Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermas and Charles Taylor have been reassessing the place of Christianity in the success of Western culture and finding a greater debt than previously accepted. What would happen if the West gave credit where credit is due and reconsidered the importance of the Christian faith for not only mature societies, but also for individual thriving?

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