http://whosoeverdesires.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/pope-benedict-and-the-%e2%80%9cinhuman-humanism%e2%80%9d/ Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://whosoeverdesires.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/pope-benedict-and-the-%e2%80%9cinhuman-humanism%e2%80%9d/#comment-1123 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:58:45 +0000 http://whosoeverdesires.wordpress.com/?p=219#comment-1123 [...] As I have noted before, Charles Taylor has described our society as a three-cornered battle.  In one corner are those of religious faith who posit that there is an ultimate good beyond the limits of human life.  Another corner features secular humanists who contend that there is no good beyond human flourishing.  Finally, the last corner belongs to a variety of neo-Nietzscheans who reject the idea of a human good, whether in this life or beyond.  Others have named the same phenomenon with different labels.  Tracey Rowland, relying heavily on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre, has explored the competing visions of the theistic tradition, liberal tradition, and genealogical tradition.  The descriptions of Taylor and Rowland generally align with the dominant currents of theism (in the West, especially Christianity), modernity, and postmodernity, respectively. [...]

]]> http://whosoeverdesires.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/pope-benedict-and-the-%e2%80%9cinhuman-humanism%e2%80%9d/#comment-256 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:58:29 +0000 http://whosoeverdesires.wordpress.com/?p=219#comment-256 Thanks for this Vince. Be hopeful! As you say about saintliness, Christian humanism is “the only thing that makes sense.”

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