Note: I wrote this post two weeks before Roe vs. Wade was overturned by SCOTUS. Tom Holland’s book Dominion points to precisely how thoroughly Christianized western civilization truly is. Our atheists are just as evangelical as any protestant sect. Our secularism is a rehearsal of medieval settlements between princes and bishops. Our conservatives and progressive parties are operating out of a Christian framework, whether it is being pro-family, preserving women’s autonomy, opposing racism, seeking economic mobility, or treating victims with sacral status, these are distinctly Christianized ideas.
Thank you for your fresh and very thoughtful comments and ideas. A good warning against excessive dogmatism and ill-informed positions without agood dose of humility.
This is the same thesis as Glen Scrivener’s The Air We Breathe, recently promoted at the Unbelievable Conference in London. I wonder if he read Holland’s book first. He had some great spiritual insights into the whole idea.
This is a very interesting post. Is not, perhaps, the Christians effort to impose their values and mores on politics, society, and culture the cause of ‘culture wars’?
Thank you for your fresh and very thoughtful comments and ideas. A good warning against excessive dogmatism and ill-informed positions without agood dose of humility.
This is the same thesis as Glen Scrivener’s The Air We Breathe, recently promoted at the Unbelievable Conference in London. I wonder if he read Holland’s book first. He had some great spiritual insights into the whole idea.
This is a very interesting post. Is not, perhaps, the Christians effort to impose their values and mores on politics, society, and culture the cause of ‘culture wars’?