1. Introduction. 2. Seligman’s Analysis of the Modernity Dilemma. 3. Dooyeweerd’s Analysis of the Modernity Dilemma. 4. Conclusion A discussion of trust in society must start with a consideration of the larger cultural-philosophical framework. This chapter provides a critical analysis of the Enlightenment modernity framework and tensions inherent within it. It also involves a sociological and philosophical analysis using Seligman and Dooyeweerd. Questions of authority and transcendence are treated, as well as the place of the individual in society.

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1. Introduction. 2. The Cultural Roots of Covenant: The Ancient Near Eastern Sources. 3. Covenant as Dialectic. 4. Babel as Anti-Covenant. 5. Toward a Definition of Covenant 6. Distinguishing Between Contract and Covenant. 7. The Dynamism of Covenant. 8. Conclusion The search for an ethical framework for social relations not grounded in the modernity framework but in a transcendent one instead. Covenant is explored in its cultural and historic roots in the Middle East. It is traced in the biblical narrative, where a pre-structural ontology of relationality is argued for. Covenant is defined and explore as dialectic and as an alternative to the monism of Babel. Covenant distinguished from contract.

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