The Saviour Syndrome. Searching For Hope And Meaning In An Age Of Unbelief

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Sutherland House
Publisher Place: Canada
Publisher Year: 2023
Edition: First Edition

Description: 264 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Quite a lot, actually. In this groundbreaking work, acclaimed sociologist John Carroll argues that humans in the Western tradition are, by their nature, saviour seeking. What he describes as a 'saviour syndrome' impels humans to find someone, or some equivalent, to show the way to a better life and counter the quintessentially modern ordeal of unbelief. Drawing on literature, history, and a range of popular culture sources from the Sopranos to the Bachelorette, he demonstrates how we are constantly investing people around us - teachers, leaders, performers, athletes, even children - with exemplary or transcendent qualities that we look up to and identify with, and strike to emulate. Jesus himself may be no more, but the archetype he founded continues to resonate long after his eclipse.

ISBN: 9781989555828