Thomas N. Munson, S.].
Faith as Word The autlwr sugguu a possible insight into faith thr~ugh a phenomenology of word.
Some day a wise psychologist may explain to us why, after years of living on the political and social brink, the popular writer or lecturer must still attract attention by dressing up his topic as a critical issue. One would have thought that people as sophisticated as we claim to be about "hidden persuaders" and "subliminal perception" would have become as inured to these "crises" as to TV commercials. Yet we are selectively accommodative animals. Accordingly, the theologian who has set his sights on popular consumption should address himself to the sure-fire subjects: the so-called "theology of crisis," the more tantalizing "death of God theology," or best of all, "the pill." In this article, however, I see no point in elaborating on the very real and disturbing crisis of faith. To detail the dismal statistics of our fallaways, especially of the college-age group, is not a constructive task. And even if one were to attempt to explain this phenomenon in globo, he would say nothing significant for our better understanding and appreciation of the gift
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