The Civilization Of Christianity
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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.
The Influence Of Christianity On Civilization
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Author : Benjamin Franklin Underwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The Influence Of Christianity On Civilization written by Benjamin Franklin Underwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Christianity categories.
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.
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.
Christianity And World Civilization
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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.
The Civilization Of Christendom
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Author : Bernard Bosanquet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
The Civilization Of Christendom written by Bernard Bosanquet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Agnosticism categories.
Christianity S Contributions To Civilization
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Author : Charles David Eldridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Christianity S Contributions To Civilization written by Charles David Eldridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with History categories.
This book explores the impact of Christianity on Western culture and civilization, from its origins in the Roman Empire to the present day. The author argues that Christianity has played a central role in shaping many of the values and institutions that define modern society, including education, science, and human rights. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Horizon History Of Christianity And Its Impact On Western Civilization Vol 1
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Author : Roland Herbert Bainton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
The Horizon History Of Christianity And Its Impact On Western Civilization Vol 1 written by Roland Herbert Bainton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Church history categories.
An examination of Christianity from the time of Christ through the time of the Reformation and the decline of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Influence Of Christianity On Civilization
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Author : Benjamin Franklin Underwood
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
The Influence Of Christianity On Civilization written by Benjamin Franklin Underwood and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... pp. 142-3). How evident it is that the subversion of the Roman, to which the darkness of the middle ages was so largely due, was encouraged by the policy, if not sometimes aided, by the direct efforts of the Christian Church. The asceticism which I have mentioned was frequently followed by the opposite extreme, and the greatest licentiousness prevailed. Love feasts became scenes of drunkenness and debauchery, and as such were kept #up for centuries. Commemoration of martyrs became scenes of scandalous dissipation. Thousands of the clergy while professing celibacy kept mistresses in their houses under all sorts of false but pious pretexts. Monks and virgins lived together on terms of closest intimacy, hypocritically claiming that so great was their piety that they could innocently share the same bed. Women deserted their husbands to live with new lovers. Open prostitution was common. "The world," says Hallam, "grew accustomed to dangerous alternations of extreme asceticism and gross vice, and sometimes as in the case of Antioch, it was the most vicious and luxurious cities that produced the most numerous anchorites.... Public opinion was so low that many forms of vice attracted little condemnation and punishment, while undoubted belief in the absolving efficacy of superstitious rights calmed the imagination and allayed the terrors of conscience" (Middle Ages, p. 163). An Italian bishop of the tenth century said if he were to enforce the canons against unchaste people administering the rites of the Church, that duty would be reserved for boys alone; and if he were to extend the canons against bastards, they too would be excluded. At one time the clergy almost universally kept concubines and were systematically taxed therefor. One abbot was...
How Christianity Built Western Civilization
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Author : Dr. Alex Locay
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2022-01-05
How Christianity Built Western Civilization written by Dr. Alex Locay and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-05 with Religion categories.
Today, the voices from the secular left are hard at work removing any trace of religion from government and the law. Meanwhile, secular historians have successfully limited Christianity’s contribution in history to the Crusades and Inquisitions; as if that is all Christians have to speak for. The real story is quite different, primarily that everything good in Western Civilization has its roots in the Christian religion. How Christianity Built Western Civilization is the epic tale of how our Christian forefathers stood up to history’s darkest forces, to forge a new way of life, grounded in the biblical worldview. Over the centuries it has become evident that Western Civilization has emerged as mankind’s greatest achievement. It is here where the greatest political and economic systems were born, and here that we see the concept of human rights emerge, along with the modern scientific process and the greatest discoveries. It is in the West that we find the most advanced educational institutions, along with the greatest charities, artistic masterpieces and architectural innovations. Is this a coincidence, or the deliberate result of our worldview? How Christianity Built Western Civilization answers this question with chapters on human rights, modern science, universal education, charity, art and architecture; focusing entirely on the revolutionary milestones and individuals that made these achievements possible. Each chapter unfolds chronologically, starting with the biblical foundation and moving through the work of the early and Medieval Church, arriving at modern times. The author builds a compelling case demonstrating how Western Civilization would be indistinguishable from India, China or Africa today, if not for the teachings of Christ and the Bible.