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Resources by Scott E. Hoezee
Are We Faking It?: What Freud, Marx, and Nietzsche can teach us about our faith: A Lenten Series
God's Grace
Lent
Renewal
Repentance
Self-Examination
Suspicion
December 1, 1994
In his book Suspicion and Faith (Eerd-mans, 1993) philosopher Merold West-phal makes the provocative suggestion that preachers use Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Nietzsche as the starting point for a series of Lenten reflections. Since these men were all profound atheists, Westphal's suggestion may at first seem merely absurd. But upon closer examination, it becomes apparent that the idea has merit.
