Research Gate Conference Paper Radical Centrism and the Redemption of Secular Philosophy (http://www.researchgate.net/publication/profile/Ernest_Prabhakar)
_E Prabhakar_ (http://www.researchgate.net/publication/profile/Ernest_Prabhakar) Conference: Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation, Volume: 58 ABSTRACT The harmonization of Hebrew theology with Greek philosophy was the crowning intellectual achievement of medieval Christianity. Tragically, the modern age birthed from that synthesis has lost that harmony: modern culture is almost completely dominated by purely secular ideologies, particularly the economic philosophies of socialism and capitalism. Even Christians, both conservative and liberal, are often influenced more by “baptized” versions of those world views that by genuine biblical understanding. I believe the solution to this problem is not to impose theocracy on an unwilling populace, but to redeem secular philosophy without losing its essential character. The first step is to recognize that philosophy—“how we think about how we think”—may be considered a manifestation of the Law, and thus can be articulated on the basis of General Revelation. The second step is to construct a philosophical framework that incorporates the best of both the right and left, yet is solidly rooted in scriptural principles—an approach I call Radical Centrism. The final step is demonstrating how this framework can improve upon current paradigms to illuminate issues of ethics, economic development, evangelism, science and faith dialogue, and other intersections between Christianity and culture. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
