教育と宗教

現代における超越の問題

抄録

Education is essentially a relation based on authority, which presupposes some sort of belief. In the final analysis, belief is based upon a belief in the divine (God, god). Education is rooted in belief.
The present age is one in which, owing to the “death of God” belief and authority have been lost. It is an age of nihilism, culture having been torn from its moorings.
The present age tries to transcend the dangers it faces by following the path of materialism, vitalism, and existentialism. These three ways, however, demand a unification in a higher unity. The mediating force for this work of unification is self-transcending intelligence.
Contemporary man cannot stand either the existence or the non-existence of the divine (God, god). It is seeking for “God beyond God.” Salvation for contemporary man consists in waiting longingly [for “God beyond God”] without shrinking from the troubles of day-to-day life.