The decline of religion in modern times means simply that religion is no longer the uncontested center and ruler of man's life, and that the Church is no longer the final and unquestioned home and asylum of his being.


Chapter Two, The Encounter With Nothingness, p. 20 - Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy (1958)

William Barrett Quotes

The decline of religion in modern times means simply that religion is no longer the uncontested center and ruler of man's life, and that the Church...

The decline of religion in modern times means simply that religion is no longer the uncontested center and ruler of man's life, and that the Church...

The decline of religion in modern times means simply that religion is no longer the uncontested center and ruler of man's life, and that the Church...

The decline of religion in modern times means simply that religion is no longer the uncontested center and ruler of man's life, and that the Church...