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Author : Dr.LI, JIN WEI
language : en
Publisher: LI JIN WEI
Release Date : 2022-09-01
Christianity And World Civilization written by Dr.LI, JIN WEI and has been published by LI JIN WEI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-01 with Religion categories.
Christianity constitutes the civilization to which we all in some way belong. Therefore, we can't consider it in the same way as ancient civilizations, which we can only glimpse through the opaque medium of archeology: or in the same way as the civilizations of the non-European world that we strive to understand outside and from afar. This implies a difference in the quality of our judgment, which can be compared to the astronomer's science of a planet and the geographer's knowledge of the earth we live on. For the study of Western civilization, not only do we have a much more abundant reserve of materials than any other, but we also have a more profound and intimate knowledge of it. Western civilization is the atmosphere in which we breathe and the life we live. It is our way of life and that of our ancestors; therefore, we know it not only from documents and monuments but also through our personal experience. Let us imagine for a moment a study of religion that ignored or left aside the accumulated experience of the Christian past; that he used only the distant and partly incomprehensible testimonies drawn from the study of foreign religious traditions; that he resorted to abstract notions about the nature of religion and the conditions of spiritual knowledge. Such a study would be incomplete, inconsistent, and without truth. This shows us the way forward in considering the problem of the relationship between religion and civilization. It is an intricate and pervasive web of connections that unite social life with spiritual beliefs and values, beliefs and values that are recognized by society as the supreme norms of life and the definitive models of individual and social behaviour; because these relationships can only be concretely studied in their total historical reality. The world's great religions are rivers of sacred traditions flowing through the centuries and the changing historical landscape they rinse and fertilize. Still, ordinarily, we cannot go up to the source, lost in the unexplored regions of a distant past. It is rarely possible to find a civilization in which religious evolution can be traced from one end to the other in the whole light of history. But the history of Christianity is an extraordinary exception to this rule. We know the historical framework in which it first arose; we have letters from the Churches' founders to the first Christian communities in Europe, and we can trace the new religion's entry into the West in great detail. After that, and especially during the last sixteen centuries, the quantity of documents available for study is so considerable that a single intelligence can't grasp them in their entirety. Consequently, the study of Western religion and civilization is complex and challenging for a reason contrary to that which makes the study of ancient or prehistoric Eastern religions difficult: we know too much rather than too little, But while this specialization has succeeded in increasing our knowledge in almost all aspects of history, it has had a deleterious influence on the study that occupies us, as it has led to the separating and dividing elements that we must bring together. On the one hand, the scientific historian has concentrated his research on the criticism of sources and documents; while on the other, the student of Christianity has devoted himself to the history of dogmas and ecclesiastical institutions. The result is that we have many different and very advanced kinds of studies: constitutional history, political history, and economic history on the one hand; ecclesiastical history, history of dogmas, and history of the liturgy on the other. But the vital subject of reciprocity of influence between religion and civilization and the fecundating power of the latter. Meanwhile, new social forces have emerged outside the academic world that uses history or a particular version of history for social ends to transform human life and actions. And the appearance of these new political ideologies of history has shown that the progress of scientific specialization has in no way diminished man's need for a historical faith, for an interpretation of contemporary civilization in terms of social evolution and goals. Spiritual, whether these ends are defined in religious or secular formulas. This conflict of ideologies: the Marxist doctrine of historical materialism and the attempt of the new totalitarian states to create historical myths as the psychological basis of social unity.
Christianity And Western Civilization
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Author : Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1983-07-15
Christianity And Western Civilization written by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-07-15 with History categories.
The author here advances the thesis that religion plays a major role in every civilization, and that certain distinctive features of our western civilization--the civilization of western Europe and of America--have been shaped chiefly by Judaeo-Graeco-Christianity, Catholic and Protestant.
Civilization Before And After Christianity
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Author : Richard William Church
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
Civilization Before And After Christianity written by Richard William Church and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Christianity categories.
How Christianity Saved Civilization
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Author : Mike Aquilina
language : en
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Release Date : 2019-01-10
How Christianity Saved Civilization written by Mike Aquilina and has been published by Sophia Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-10 with Religion categories.
Ancient Rome’s brutal culture exploited the weak and considered human life expendable. Women were used as property; unwanted children were left on the streets to die. Four centuries later, even ordinary men and women prospered in what had become a vigorous new Christian society – a society that served the vulnerable, exalted women, treasured virtue, and loved peace. Faith had triumphed. Truth was proclaimed. And on this rock-solid foundation, Christian society flourished in the West for the next 1500 years. These eye-opening pages document the many ways in which Christians penetrated and civilized that debased Roman empire, introducing then-radical notions such as the equal dignity of women, respect for life, protection of the weak and vulnerable, and the obligation of rulers to serve those they rule and maximize their freedom. Here you’ll learn about the seven specific areas where any paganism, ancient or modern, is particularly vulnerable. They provide a roadmap for modern Christians to reclaim for the Faith our own neo-pagan modern culture. Facing an overwhelmingly dark and hostile culture, Rome’s early Christians took the steps necessary to transform it. Their struggles and the hard lessons they learned – documented here – afford us hope that, by imitating their example, we may do the same for our culture today.
The Civilization Of Christianity
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Author : John L. McKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2009-01-01
The Civilization Of Christianity written by John L. McKenzie and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Religion categories.
The devastating thesis of this book is "that there is a deadly and irreconcilable opposition between western civilization and Christianity, and that one of them must destroy the other." Throughout his more than forty years of teaching and writing, says John L. McKenzie, he felt a vague but strong discomfort -- a malaise. He finally realized that it was a "deliberately unrecognized discord between what I was and the word of God which I had so long studied. My way of life and my world demanded the maintenance of a number of assumptions which the world of God compelled me to question. My way of life and my world did not permit me to ask those questions. When the questions grew to an intolerable number, this book was the only way to find comfort, the comfort which I hope is reached by at last achieving total candor." And candid John McKenzie is in this piercing analysis of the confrontation between Christianity and a world which has twisted it, softened it, rationalized it, and evaded its basic precepts.
A World History Of Christianity
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Author : Adrian Hastings
language : en
Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Release Date : 1999
A World History Of Christianity written by Adrian Hastings and has been published by Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Christianity is the most global of all religions. However, most books on the subject fail to do justice to the history of Christianity outside Europe and North America. This prodigious work provides the first genuinely global one-volume study of the rise, development, and impact of the Christian faith. Ideally suited for classroom study as well as for independent reading, this volume will serve as the definitive study of Christian history for the coming generation worldwide.
History Of The World In Christian Perspective
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Author : Jerry Combee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
History Of The World In Christian Perspective written by Jerry Combee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Christian civilization categories.
How Christianity Changed The World
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Author : Alvin J. Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan
Release Date : 2009-12-15
How Christianity Changed The World written by Alvin J. Schmidt and has been published by Zondervan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-15 with Social Science categories.
Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic,secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people todayhave little sense of how their lives have benefited fromChristianity’s influence, often viewing the church withhostility or resentment.How Christianity Changed the World is a topicallyarranged Christian history for Christians and non-Christians. Grounded in solid research and written in apopular style, this book is both a helpful apologetic toolin talking with unbelievers and a source of evidence forwhy Christianity deserves credit for many of thehumane, social, scientific, and cultural advances in theWestern world in the last two thousand years.Photographs, timelines, and charts enhance eachchapter.This edition features questions for reflection anddiscussion for each chapter.
A Global History Of Christians
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Author : Paul R. Spickard
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2001-02
A Global History Of Christians written by Paul R. Spickard and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02 with Religion categories.
Surveys the progression of the Christian experience within historical, social, economic, and cultural contexts.
Can Christianity Save Civilization
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Author : Walter Marshall Horton
language : en
Publisher: New York ; London : Harper
Release Date : 1940
Can Christianity Save Civilization written by Walter Marshall Horton and has been published by New York ; London : Harper this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1940 with Religion categories.