TY - BOOK AU - Carter,John D TI - Western humanism: a Christian perspective : a guide for understanding moral decline in Western culture AV - BR100 .W478 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - North Canton, Ohio PB - Photon Pub. KW - Religion KW - Philosophy KW - Humanism KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century N1 - 1 (pages 236-256) and index; Preface --; Introduction --; Historical --; Historical humanism : ancient Greece - the quest for an understanding of ultimate reality --; The pantheism of the presocratic philosophers --; Sophistic vs Socratic humanism --; The humanism of Plato and Aristotle --; The Greek understanding of human nature --; Historical Christianity : ancient Israel --; The faith of Abraham --; The humanistic Greek view of human nature vs the Christian view --; Imputed righteousness --; Jesus, the Christ --; Hebrew references to Jesus --; The Christian view of ultimate reality --; Historical Christianity :the early and medieval church --; Augustine --; Aquinas --; Historical humanism : the Renaissance --; Petrarch --; Valla --; Erasmus --; Historical Christianity : the Reformation --; Luther --; Calvin --; Historical humanism : the Enlightenment --; The post-Reformation astronomers --; Voltaire --; Kant --; The American Enlightenment --; Historical humanism : secular humanism --; Darwin --; Nietzsche --; Freud --; Marx --; Modern --; The humanistic search for a sense of personal fulfillment --; The Western pursuit of material wealth, id est the chase of the mammon --; The pursuit of sexual pleasure --; Modern humanism and the family --; On the nature of love --; The love of Eros --; The issue of abortion --; The effect of humanism on philosophies of child rearing --; Modern humanism and religion --; The humanism of modern Judaism --; The humanism of Dr. Wayne Dyer --; Homosexuality and religion --; The humanism that threatens biblical Christianity --; Summary --; Notes --; Index; 2 ER -