escape from reason is a philosophical work written by american theologian and christian apologist francis a. schaeffer, london: intervarsity press, first published in 1968. it is book two in volume one of the complete works of francis a. schaeffer a christian worldview. westchester, il:crossway books, 1982. this is the second book of francis schaeffer's "trilogy." it was written and published after the god who is there was written but released before that first book. ==overview== unlike the first (the god who is there), and third (he is there and he is not silent) works in schaeffer's "trilogy", escape from reason is only loosely divided into seven chapters. instead, each chapter contains a number of small sections, which offer a much clearer division of the prose. there are 39 such sections in all. ==table of contents== * foreword ===chapter one=== * nature and grace * aquinas and the autonomous * painters and writers * nature versus grace * leonardo da vinci and raphael ===chapter two=== * a unity of nature and grace * the reformation and man * more about man * reformation, renaissance and morals * the whole man ===chapter three=== * early modern science * kant and rousseau * modern modern science * modern modern morality * hegel * kierkegaard and the line of despair ===chapter four=== * the leap * secular existentialism * religious existentialism * the new theology * upper story experiences * linguistic analysis and the leap ===chapter five=== * art as the upper storey leap * poetry: the later heidegger * art: andrÃ© malraux * picasso * bernstein * pornography * the theatre of the absurd ===chapter six=== * madness * the 'upstairs' in film and television * upper story mysticism * jesus the undefined banner ===chapter seven=== * rationality and faith * the bible can stand on its own * beginning from myself and yet . . . * the source of the knowledge we need * the 'leap in the dark' mentality * the unchanging in a changing world ==references== * richard h. bube. (review) journal of the american scientific affiliation. vol 21, june 1969, pp.&nbsp;54â55 * alan f. johnson. (review) moody monthly, vol 69, june 1969, pp.&nbsp;96â98. * p. lakey. (review) gordon review, vol 11, summer 1969, p.&nbsp;241-245 ==external links== * todd kappelman, "the need to read francis schaeffer" an overview of schaeffer's trilogy from probe ministries. retrieved 25 september 2006.
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