Download or read book Longing in a Culture of Cynicism written by Stephan van Erp and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through current expressions of religion, people are confronted with all kinds of longings and desires which have no place in a rationalised and alienated culture. At the same time, these longings are seeking and finding opportunities for expression. How to understand this cultural ambiguity? The authors in this volume explore the possibilities of a rationality beyond rationalism, reflecting beyond the borders of human imagination on the hidden God.