Religious romanticism

AKMA offers up a fine mini-rant about the curious, contemporary intersection of cultural romanticism and faith. I'll let you read it for yourself, but must say "Amen" to this sentence:
[R]omantic religion makes teaching practically impossible; romantically-conditioned audiences already know everything they need to, they are predisposed not simply to question but to disbelieve authority, and they may expect that anything that doesn't warm their hearts doesn't matter.

.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Friday, October 14, 2005

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