On Reverence and its Discontents.

The article focuses on understanding of reverence as servile submission to a tyrannical transcendence, which destroys personal autonomy, is not a correct understanding of genuine reverence. It mentions impulse toward inhumanity is needed to protect, and pay homage to, the higher ideals, including co...

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Publicado en:Cross Currents Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 184 - 219
Autor principal: White, Thomas
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of North Carolina Press Jun2019
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Sumario:The article focuses on understanding of reverence as servile submission to a tyrannical transcendence, which destroys personal autonomy, is not a correct understanding of genuine reverence. It mentions impulse toward inhumanity is needed to protect, and pay homage to, the higher ideals, including compassion, that protect humanity. It also mentions affirmative aspects of religion preferring reverence, secularism, and cynicism.