How Christianity Changed the World

Name: How Christianity Changed the World
Brand: Harper Christian
Availability: InStock
Author: Alvin J. Schmidt
ISBN: 9780310304586

Author: Alvin J. Schmidt

Narrator: James Adams

Unabridged: 15 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 07/07/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christianity, History, Social Science, Sociology Of Religion, Biblical Studies, Christian Living, Social Issues

Synopsis

Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic,secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people todayhave little sense of how their lives have benefited fromChristianity’s influence, often viewing the church withhostility or resentment.How Christianity Changed the World is a topicallyarranged Christian history for Christians and non-Christians. Grounded in solid research and written in apopular style, this book is both a helpful apologetic toolin talking with unbelievers and a source of evidence forwhy Christianity deserves credit for many of thehumane, social, scientific, and cultural advances in theWestern world in the last two thousand years.Photographs, timelines, and charts enhance eachchapter.This edition features questions for reflection anddiscussion for each chapter.

About Alvin J. Schmidt

Alvin J. Schmidt (PhD, University of Nebraska) retired in 1999 as professor of sociology at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, where he still lives. He is the author of several books, including The Great Divide: The Failure of Islam and the Triumph of the West, and served as a consulting editor for Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dan

People today are profoundly ignorant about how much of modern American society is based on Christian thought. So many of our rights, freedoms, and values have a Chrstian source. This book helps bring this to light. Ignoring the Christian basis for our rights and values means only one thing: abandoni......more

Goodreads review by Brad

I absolutely loved this book. From start to finish, it is chock-full of so many interesting facts. I've never been more intrigued or informed by any book to date as much as this one. You don't have to be a history buff to enjoy the facts the author presents. I listened to this on audiobook, and love......more

Goodreads review by Eric

I worked through this very slowly and shared portions on fb. Schmidt’s book ranks high among my list of important works that set the historical record straight. It is a prodigious achievement. When faced by the facts of history, the host of ill-informed and biased attacks on Christianity fall like b......more

Goodreads review by Hilary

An excellent read, especially in the times that we are living in when Christianity is on the cancelled list of society. We stand on the shoulders of giants and few of us want to acknowledge it.......more