The Evolution of the West: How Christianity Has Shaped Our Values AUTH-9049177 ISBN13: 9789389231298

ISBN13: 9789389231298

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The Evolution of the West: How Christianity Has Shaped Our Values AUTH-9049177 ISBN13: 9789389231298What 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