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The death of Progress - UnHerd

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“We are long past the time for pretending that the death of God is not a political fact.” So wrote the critic Theodore Roszak in his 1972 book Where the Wasteland Ends. Like so many of the confident pronouncements of that era, this hasn’t worn well in the decades since it saw print. All things considered, God is doing tolerably well these days, not least in the political sphere, where conservative parties rooted in religious belief are on the upswing over most of the planet. Meanwhile, an obituary no one in Roszak’s time thought to write is roiling the already troubled waters of our collective consciousness. Today, we are long past the time for pretending that the death of progress is not a political fact. It’s important to note what is and isn’t being said here. When Roszak wrote the line quoted above, there were still many millions of people kneeling in churches every Sunday, and some of them were having powerful spiritual experiences. In the same way, the death of progress does not

The death of Progress Technology couldn’t destroy God An Orthodox Christian believer lights a candle during a Christmas mass at the golden-domed Alexander Nevski Cathedral, in Sofia, on December 25, 2024. Bulgaria, unlike some other fellow Orthodox countries, celebrates Christmas on December 25th. (Photo by Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP) (Photo by NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP via Getty Images) An Orthodox Christian believer lights a candle during a Christmas mass at the golden-domed Alexander Nevski Cathedral, in Sofia, on December 25, 2024. Bulgaria, unlike some other fellow Orthodox countries, celebrates

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