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Protestantism and Atheism

I’m currently reading Alister McGrath’s The Twilight of Atheism and in it he raises the question whether the protestant reformation and resulting worldview shift contributed to the general acceptance of an atheistic worldview in the modern era. He makes some interesting points, particularly about Calvin and Zwingli and the sterilization of the Christian imagination. I’ve long felt a discontent with the “pure” intellectualism of conservative Protestantism. God gave us Reason and His Word, but He also gave us a spirit, as sense of beauty and wonder, and yes even Imagination.
I think Christianity is waking up from a long slumber under the spell of Modernism. I think we’re rediscovering both Spirit and Truth, in Scripture, Tradition, Liturgy, Music, Service and Charity. If you know Church history you’ll recognize that this isn’t the first time we’ve been awakened, reformed, challenged and reborn. It’s not new, but it is different each time.

I know I am.