The Evolution of the West

Synopsis

Over The Last Decade The Role Of Christianity In The West Has Come Under Close, Sometimes Hostile, Scrutiny. During That Time, Nick Spencer, Research Director Of The Christian Think Tank Theos, Has Been At The Forefront Of The Debate, And This Book Brings Together A Range Of His Influential Essays, Putting Forward A Well-rounded Case For The Continuing Presence Of Christianity In 21st-century Public Life. They Also Sound A Warning That Contemporary Liberal Secular Society Risks Losing Sight Of The Basis For Its Deepest Values -- With The Attendant Risk That Forgetting Them Leaves Little Capacity To Defend Them. Why The West Is Different -- A Christian Nation -- Trouble With The Law: Magna Carta And The Limits Of The Law -- Christianity And Democracy: Friend And Foe -- Saving Humanism From The Humanists -- Christianity And Atheism: A Family Affair -- The Accidental Midwife: The Emergence Of A Scientific Culture -- 'no Doubts As To How One Ought To Act': Darwin's Doubts And His Faith -- The Religion Of Christianity And The Religion Of Human Rights -- The Secular Self -- 'always With You': Capital, Inequality And The 'absence Of War' -- Christianity And The Welfare State. Nick Spencer. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 185-186) And Index.