A CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE

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1、ACHRISTIANPHILOSOPHYOFCULTUREDuncanL.RoperCONTENTSIntroduction1.MANANDCULTURE:THEPOWERGIVENTOMAN.1.1ManandCulture.1.2TheBasicProblemforaPhilosophyofCulture.1.3TheDevelopmentofthePhilosophyofCulture.1.4TheCulturalFactor.1.5TheCreationalContextofCulturalActivity.2.RELIGIONANDCULTURE:

2、THEPOWEROFGODANDOFIDOLATRY.2.1ReligionandCulture.2.2TheSpiritualDynamicofMan'sCulturalFormation.3.CULTUREANDHISTORY:THEPOWEROFMANINTHEPOWEROFSPIRITS.3.1TheBasicProblemsofaPhilosophyofCulture.3.2TheRelationshipbetweenaPhilosophyofCultureandaPhilosophyofHistory.3.3CulturalNormsforHis

3、toricalDevelopment.3.4AGlanceatSomeContemporaryIssues.April,1978.©DuncanRoperPage1of55ACHRISTIANPHILOSOPHYOFCULTUREINTRODUCTION'OLord,ourLord,yourgreatnessisseeninalltheworld!WhenIlookatthesky,whichyouhavemade,atthemoonandthestars,whichyousetintheirplaces-whatisman,thatyouthinkofhi

4、m;meremanthatyoucareforhim?Yetyoumadehiminferioronlytoyourself,youcrownedhimwithgloryandhonour.Youappointedhimrulerovereverythingyoumade;Youplacedhimoverallcreation.OLord,ourLord,yourgreatnessisseeninalltheworld;'HonourtheLordandserveHimsincerelyandfaithfully.Getridofthegodswhichyo

5、urancestorsusedtoworshipinMesopotamiaandinEgypt,andserveonlytheLord'.1'FortheKingdomofGodisnotamatterofwordsbutofpower'.MypurposeistosetforwardsomethingofaBiblically-foundedphilosophyofculture.Oneofthemainthemeswillbethatofpower.Twoaspectsofthisthemehaveoftenbeenwidelyseparatedinth

6、elifeandthoughtofGod'speople.IreferfirsttothepoweroftheHolySpirittoregeneratetheheartsofthosejoinedinthefellowshipofEkklesiaandsecondlythepowergiventomanbyGodtoexercisedominionoverHiscreation.MuchcurrentcharismaticallyevangelicalChristianitylaysgreatemphasisupontheformerbutgenerall

7、yissingularlylackingininsightwithregardtothelatter.LiberalChristianityhaspaidagreatdealofattentiontoculturalactivitybuthasseldombeenmotivatedbythepoweroftheHolySpirit.ReformedChristianityhasalwayshadanappreciationoftheculturalmandate;butveryoftenthishasbeenlittlemorethanmeredoctrin

8、e.Perhapsweshouldrecallthe