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The Role of Faith in Culture

TRAGEDY UNDER GRACE: REINHOLD SCHNEIDER ON THE EXPERIENCE OF THE WEST. By Hans Urs von Balthasar (A Communio Book; Ignatius Press, P.O. Box 1339, Ft. Collins, Colo. 80522,1997) 295 pp. PB $11.95.

What should a person of deep culture but no faith do when realization of the West’s spiritual collapse suddenly dawns in his mind and becomes an unshakable conviction? Should he retreat to the protected groves of academe and protest against … [Read more...]