In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the phenomenon of Culture Lite.

The word “lite” (or “light”) in the expression culture lite is being used here in analogy with products labeled as “lite” such as Pepsi lite, etc. The word is being taken in the sense of superficiality, lightweight, levity, lack of seriousness, earnestness and purpose; lack of weight and constancy; lack of passion for the truth, for what is permanent, eternal, transcendent, divine.

My thesis is that the dominant Western culture (including various counter-cultures and criticisms of that dominant culture), is characterized by a lack of conviction, commitment, earnestness and self-sacrifice. The opposite of the lite mentality is the man of faith, the man of God.

Every society lives by a certain vision of man and his relation with God. It cannot help but project a certain ideal (or ideals) of man, which it collectively strives to realize and imitate.

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