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The Word Become Flesh: The Logic of the Universe

The Word Become Flesh: The Logic of the Universe. Why the time is ripe for people looking to Jesus as the focus for Everything. The Making of the Modern Mind. The Enlightenment

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The Word Become Flesh: The Logic of the Universe

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  1. The Word Become Flesh: The Logic of the Universe Why the time is ripe for people looking to Jesus as the focus for Everything

  2. The Making of the Modern Mind • The Enlightenment • worldview centered around community and the Church shifted to a worldview that centered around dominance of human reason • Reaction to the ruling class

  3. The Making of the Modern Mind • Discoveries that Challenged Ruling Point of View • Galileo [Earth is round – not flat] • Copernicus [earth revolves around the sun] • Descartes [“I think therefore I am”]

  4. The Making of the Modern Mind • Counter Movements to the Enlightenment • Reformation [rejection of control of the Roman Church and emphasis on Scripture of the masses] • Renaissance [man is capable of achieving anything and experiencing everything i.e., Michelangelo and Leonardo DaVinci]

  5. The Rise of Modern Science • The Scientific Method • Power of Observation and Discovery in Human Reason • Separation of Faith from Science • God and Church were marginalized

  6. The Rise of Modern Science • The Age of Reason • The “proofs” of God’s existence began to be challenged by Philosophers • Rising sense of doubt in this period about the existence of God altogether

  7. Separation of Theology from Science • The University • The rise of Reason challenged the place of the theology in the study of the world • The church retreated and held on to its traditional worldview [science was reasonable – theology was questionable]

  8. Separation of Theology from Science • Separation of Sacred from Secular • Clergy argued for the existence of God from a moral basis • Result is a dualism [two extremes that were held in opposition to each other]

  9. Effect on Church’s Theology • Church loses its place of authority in society • Theology of reaction happens: World is evil, Church is good • Significance of Jesus confined to the church • Society boasts life changing advances • Not able to meet needs of the heart • Not able to eradicate evil • Not able to cure suffering or stop war

  10. The Rise of the Post-Modern World • Industrial Age • Technology caused world to advance materially • Shift from Agricultural to Industrial focus • People left rural territories for cities

  11. The Rise of the Post-Modern World • Rise of such a society created new problems: • Psychological Turmoil [influence of Freud] • Breaking up of the Family Unit • Spiritual Vacuum [rise of Communism] • Scepticism about Science and Reason • Evolution not so Revolutionary

  12. The Rise of the Post-Modern World • The Rise of a New Scepticism • What Science promised – it could not deliver • A Scepticism entered the Modern Mind • Everything Modern was Questioned and Critiqued

  13. The Rise of the Post-Modern World

  14. The Rise of the Post-Modern World • Societal Worldview • Everything is Subjective • What is important is “my own world.” • Technology serves needs of the people not people serve the technology • Relationship more important than structures • Communication more important than Technology • Opinions not strongly held

  15. The Rise of the Post-Modern World • The Rise of a New Science • Einstein’s Theory • New way of thinking • Open to the unknown

  16. Effects on the Church and Theology • People want to discover spirituality • Isn’t the world, people, animals, plants all inter-related and important? • Looking for a new defining story • Resurgence of interest in Jesus

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