The Closing of the Western Mind; The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason Charles Freeman Published by Current Events and Issues

Author: Charles Freeman

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A fascinating exploration of a turning point in Western civilization: the first alliance of church and state in the aftermath of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in the 4th century A.D., which set the stage for the triumph of faith over reason.

In the centuries before Constantine, the Roman empire had sustained the Greek intellectual tradition, in which the astronomy of Ptolemy, the medicine of Galen, and the philosophy of Plotinus reached new heights. Rationalism coexisted with a spiritual tolerance.

Charles Freeman shows how Constantine's conversion changed all of this: how imperial power began to stifle freedom of thought and the tradition of Greek rationalism intrinsic to it; how, for the first time, churches were bound into the structure of the state, enjoyed enormous patronage and tax exemptions, and in return supported the emperors' drive toward an increasingly narrow religious orthodoxy. He discusses the rise of the 'divine' monarch, the struggle to define Christiantiy as it separated itself from Judaism, and the conflict between faith and reason. He explores as well the development of Christian anti-Semitism, the origins of the opposition of religion and science, and the roots of Christianity's discomfort with sex--issues that still haunt the church today.

An important, riveting work of relgious and cultural history.

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