Christian renaissance

The Zenit news agency has an interesting piece on the failure of ideologies and philosophies of the modern age as people search for something they’re not finding there. It’s religion.

French anthropologist René Girard, one of the most influential intellectuals of contemporary culture, thinks that a Christian Renaissance lies ahead.

In a book published recently in Italian, “Verità o fede debole. Dialogo su cristianesimo e relativismo” (Truth or Weak Faith: Dialogue on Christianity and Relativism), the anthropologist states that “we will live in a world that will seem and be as Christian as today it seems scientific.”

Girard, recently elected to be one of the 40 “immortals” of the French Academy, said: “I believe we are on the eve of a revolution in our culture that will go beyond any expectation, and that the world is heading toward a change in respect of which the Renaissance will seem like nothing.”

That’s breathtaking. The revolution, he projects, is one of religion.

In the book, the French professor states that “religion conquers philosophy and surpasses it. Philosophies in fact are almost dead. Ideologies are virtually deceased; political theories are almost altogether spent. Confidence in the fact that science can replace religion has already been surmounted. There is in the world a new need for religion.”

Amen to that.

Girard reasonably and clearly makes the case for why religion will bring about a renaissance.

Thanks to the guys over at Godspy for the heads up. They’re up, alright…and engaged.