The Evolution of the West: How Christianity has shaped our values

The Evolution of the West: How Christianity has shaped our values

What has Christianity ever done for us?<br /> <br />A lot more than you might think, as Nick Spencer reveals in this fresh exploration of our cultural origins.<br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />Always alert to the tensions and the mess of history, and careful not to overstate the Christian role in shaping our present values, Spencer shows how a better awareness of what we owe to Christianity can help us as we face new cultural challenges.