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Blessed Are the Cynical: How Original Sin Can Make America a Better Place - Hardcover
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Augustine's doctrine of original sin has been eclipsed in America's therapeutic, feel-good culture, and shows how this eclipse has degraded politics, education, business, and culture.
Polls report that 73 percent of Americans believe people are born good.
Coupled with the narcissistic mandate to "find oneself," our current
American ethos has fostered a society of self-absorbed, uninformed, and
overly optimistic individuals. At the same time, however, there is a
growing sense of dissatisfaction-faced with the imbalance of wealth and
declining education and moral standards, Americans are left with the
impression that something is wrong. In Blessed are the Cynical, Mark
Ellingsen contends that American problems are in fact primarily a
function of our naively optimistic view of human nature.
Ellingsen
maintains that Augustine's doctrine of original sin has been eclipsed in
America's therapeutic, feel-good culture, and shows how this eclipse
has degraded politics, education, business, and culture. This timely
account shows how a renewal of the principle of original sin can bring
America back to its biblical and constitutional roots and help us find
fresh ways of addressing our social ills.
Blessed are the Cynical
should foster debate among political and social analysts, cultural
leaders, and members of the Christian community. It is a fascinating and
erudite analysis of American culture that will appeal to socially
conscious Americans. (208 pages)
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