The Saviour Syndrome

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"Christ the Saviour is no more. Gone is the Redeemer, who, for two thousand years, forgave sin, made ordinary lives meaningful, and brought joy. In the modern West, the life of the most significant figure in the history of the culture has largely been forgotten. Jesus is assumed to be obsolete. Further, most find any mention of God, in prayer or creed, bafflingly antiquated. What remains? Do we now inhabit a metaphysical wasteland? Do we wander aimlessly along a vague dirt track signposted by the black stump of dead faith, winding through a desert strewn with the bones of lost beliefs? This book argues the contrary. The proposition is that human experience is, of its nature, saviour seeking—at least, it is in the Western tradition. What might be termed a saviour syndrome impels humans to find someone, or some equivalent, to show the way, and counter the quintessentially modern ordeal of unbelief."-- Provided by publisher