The Idol of Our Age
New York: Encounter Books, 2018. First American Edition. hardcover. 8vo. 163pp. from front flap: "This book is a learned essay at the intersection of politics, philosophy, and religion. It is first and foremost a diagnosis and critique of the secular religion of our time, humanitarianism, or the "religion of humanity." It argues that the humanitarian impulse to regard modern man as the measure of all things has begun to corrupt Christianity itself, reducing it to an inordinate concern for "social justice," radical political change, and an increasingly fanatical egalitarianism. Christianity thus loses its transcendental reference points at the same time that it undermines balanced political judgment. Humanitarians, secular or religious, confuse peace with pacifism, equitable social arrangements with socialism, and moral judgment with utopianism and sentimentality." Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked. / DJ NF: clean, unclipped. Item #4041
ISBN: 9781641770163
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