Not all thinkers have closed the book on modernity and opened a new one on "postmodernity." Louis Dupre continues steadfastly to hold out the hope that we may be able to reclaim fragments of the premodern and modern syntheses and reconstruct, from the epoch of high modernity now being left behind, a more mature but still modern culture. The fourteen scholars contributing to this volume all carry with them some measure of Dupre's hope, and they enter into conversation with his view of modern culture from a variety of perspectives: philosophy, theology, the history of ideas, social ethics, and the study of mysticism. This substantial work constitutes both an excellent entree into Dupre's thought and a valuable resource for confronting today's rapid social changes.
