Title: The Christian legacy : taming brutish human nature in Western civilization /
Authors: Eckfeldt, Edgar L. 1915-
Publisher: Life Wisdom Books,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Christianity Influence; Civilization, Western; Christian ethics; Christian civilization.
Abstract: "Analyzes the history of Western civilization and develops a scientific and historical argument that shows the exceptional power of Christianity in the evolution of Western social consciousness. It argues that the spiritual power of Christianity has had an extraordinary effect on transforming civilization and the development of humanitarian social institutions that even atheists take for granted"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: A people divided -- Impact of science -- The physical world and its life forms -- Human beginnings -- Our animal instincts -- An inward look -- Emergence of civilization -- Flaws in civilizations -- Brutal despair in ancient Rome -- Persistent cruelty -- The search for ethics in antiquity -- Ecclesiastical search for ethics in Christianity -- The Gospel's ethical impact -- Ethical impact in multi-invaded Britannia -- Ethical impact in seeking freedom -- Rather humanitarian Britain -- Rather humanitarian United States -- The goal of the Gospel -- Concluding summation.