"Brute reality" refers to the harsh and unfiltered truth of a situation or the world around us. It describes the raw and sometimes brutal aspects of life that cannot be ignored or sugar-coated. Full definition
It sits enthroned in its skull, «encased in darkness and silence,» at a lofty remove from brute reality. (goodreads.com)
In this situation, an affirmation of the traditional forms of faith becomes a Gnostic escape from the brute realities of history. (religion-online.org)
By preserving faith inviolate from the brute realities of a post-Christian history, theology has isolated faith from history, whether in the orthodox manner of Barth, or via the liberal and semi-existential methods of the dialectical theologians. (religion-online.org)