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Elitism and the Approach to God

Elitism and the Approach to God

Raybould, Robin

Hardcover

PhilosophyReligion General General World History

ISBN10: 9004504281
ISBN13: 9789004504288
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jul 24 2025
Pages: 238
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Elitism and the Approach to God investigates a historical and cultural dichotomy in European history which has not hitherto been satisfactorily explained. Why did so many of the most influential authorities of the age insist that the nature and mystery of the divine and of God should not be shared with the vulgar crowd, that is with the ordinary people, although this appears to be the principal purpose of all other religious teaching throughout the period? Robin Raybould gives examples from the works of more than sixty authorities who insisted that the mysteries of the divine should remain secret. He then surveys the attempts of other religious and civic leaders, both pagan and Christian, to investigate, understand and by contrast to share their findings on the nature of God. In a final section he attempts to reconcile these opposing views.

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