How Christianity Built Western Civilization

How Christianity Built Western Civilization

Author: Dr. Alex Locay

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2022-01-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1664242481

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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.


Women, the Novel, and Natural Philosophy, 1660–1727

Women, the Novel, and Natural Philosophy, 1660–1727

Author: K. Gevirtz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-03-06

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1137386762

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This book shows how early women novelists from Aphra Behn to Mary Davys drew on debates about the self generated by the 'scientific' revolution to establish the novel as a genre. Fascinated by the problematic idea of a unified self underpinning modes of thinking, female novelists innovated narrative structures to interrogate this idea.


The Works of Robert Boyle, Part II Vol 4

The Works of Robert Boyle, Part II Vol 4

Author: Michael Hunter

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-28

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 1040235034

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Including all Robert Boyle's published works, this is the final seven volumes of a 14-volume set. All texts are fully annotated and comprehensively indexed. Works originally in Latin are presented in their contemporary English translations.


The Works of Robert Boyle, Part I Vol 1

The Works of Robert Boyle, Part I Vol 1

Author: Michael Hunter

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-28

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 1040249973

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Including all Robert Boyle's published works, this is the first seven volumes of a 14-volume set. All texts are fully annotated and comprehensively indexed. Works originally in Latin are presented in their contemporary English translations.


The Works of Robert Boyle, Part II Vol 4

The Works of Robert Boyle, Part II Vol 4

Author: Michael Hunter

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2000-09

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 9781138764781

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Including all Robert Boyle's published works, this is the final seven volumes of a 14-volume set. All texts are fully annotated and comprehensively indexed. Works originally in Latin are presented in their contemporary English translations.


John Locke: The Philosopher as Christian Virtuoso

John Locke: The Philosopher as Christian Virtuoso

Author: Victor Nuovo

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-08-25

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0192520792

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Early modern Europe was the birthplace of the modern secular outlook. During the seventeenth century nature and human society came to be regarded in purely naturalistic, empirical ways, and religion was made an object of critical historical study. John Locke was a central figure in all these events. This study of his philosophical thought shows that these changes did not happen smoothly or without many conflicts of belief: Locke, in the role of Christian Virtuoso, endeavoured to resolve them. He was an experimental natural philosopher, a proponent of the so-called 'new philosophy', a variety of atomism that emerged in early modern Europe. But he was also a practising Christian, and he professed confidence that the two vocations were not only compatible, but mutually sustaining. He aspired, without compromising his empirical stance, to unite the two vocations in a single philosophical endeavour with the aim of producing a system of Christian philosophy.