The Evolution of the West: How Christianity Has Shaped Our Values - Softcover

Spencer, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0281075204 ISBN 13: 9780281075201

Verlag: SPCK Publishing, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

What has Christianity ever done for us? A lot more than you might think, as Nick Spencer reveals in this fresh exploration of our cultural origins. Looking at the big ideas that characterize the West, such as human dignity, the rule of law, human rights, science – and even, paradoxically, atheism and secularism – he traces the varied ways in which many of our present values grew up and flourished in distinctively Christian soil. Always alert to the tensions and the mess of history, and careful not to overstate the Christian role in shaping our present values, Spencer shows how a better awareness of what we owe to Christianity can help us as we face new cultural challenges.

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Nick Spencer is Senior Fellow at Theos think tank and Visiting Research Fellow at the Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London. He is also a frequent contributor to the national press and the author of several books.

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• Verlag: SPCK Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0281075204
• ISBN 13: 9780281075201
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 204
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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