The author shares his insights into the future role of religion in human affairs as he explores the challenges confronting the human spirit in the modern world.

Includes index.

pt. 1. Modernity's tunnel. Who's right about reality : traditionalists, modernists, or the postmoderns? ; The great outdoors and the tunnel within it ; The tunnel as such ; The tunnel's floor : Scientism ; The tunnel's left wall : higher education ; The tunnel's roof : the media ; The tunnel's right wall : the law -- pt. 2. The light at the tunnel's end. Light ; Is light increasing : two scenarios ; Discerning the signs of the times ; Three sciences and the road ahead; Terms for the détente ; This ambiguous world ; The big picture ; Spiritual personality types ; Spirit.