Something I think most of you will find of interest: Niall Ferguson's Heaven knows how we'll rekindle our religion, but I believe we must from the Daily Telegraph. Though he describes himself as "a hard-shelled materialist," he concludes:
Chesterton feared that, if Christianity declined, "superstition" would "drown all your old rationalism and scepticism". When educated friends tell me that they have invited a shaman to investigate their new house for bad ju-ju, I see what Chesterton meant. Yet it is not the spread of such mumbo-jumbo that concerns me half so much as the moral vacuum our dechristianisation has created. I do not deny that sermons are sometimes dull and that British congregations often sing out of tune. But, if nothing else, a weekly dose of Christian doctrine will help to provide an ethical framework for your life. And I certainly do not know where else you are going to get one.
Thank you for linking to that. I saw Ferguson interviewed on c-span (Book TV) and found him a fascinating thinker.
Posted by: Julana | August 02, 2005 at 11:15 AM