Are we living in a time of world-revolutionary change? Impossible to say, of course, but there might be some hints contained in the developments of the last millennium. Rosenstock-Huessy notes that Western man has been formed by periodic world-historical revolutions since the 11th century: Gregorian (11th), the Reformation (16th), Puritan (17th), French (18th), and Russian (20th). Since the Reformation, the revolutions have occurred every century or two. With the end of the Cold War, the rapid advances in communications technologies, the growth of Southern hemisphere Christianity (and our increasing awareness of that growth) all suggest that we’re in the midst of something very like a tectonic shift of similar dimensions.
Peter Leithart
Peter J. Leithart is President of Theopolis Institute. He is the author of numerous books on theology, literature, and culture, including Theopolitan, Defending Constantine, and Baptized Body.
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