How 7 Transformational Events in 1776 Paved the Way for Today\'s Post-Christian West With dizzying social transformations in everything from gender to social justice, it may seem like there\'s never been a more tumultuous period in history.
Relevant Cultural and Historical Analysis: Skillfully connects key ideas and events from the past to the present Comprehensive: Examines important developments from 1776, including the American Revolution, Thomas Paine\'s Common Sense , Edward Gibbon\'s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
James Watt\'s steam engine
Adam Smith\'s Wealth of Nations ; and Immanuel Kant\'s Critique of Pure Reason Informative: Covers key historical figures, including John Adams, Edmund Burke, and David Hume Biblical: Equips and encourages readers to share the gospel in a Post-Christian world A Great Resource for Pastors, Scholars, and Readers of Carl Trueman\'s The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.
This thoroughly researched yet accessible book offers a unique historical perspective on modern views of family, government, religion, and morality--giving Christians the historical lens they need to understand today\'s Post-Christian trends and respond accordingly.
Carefully examining key documents and historical figures, Wilson demonstrates how a monumental number of political, philosophical, economic, and industrial changes in the year of America\'s founding shaped the modern West into a WEIRDER society: Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic, Ex-Christian, and Romantic.
In Remaking the World , Andrew Wilson highlights 7 major developments from the year 1776--globalization, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, the Great Enrichment, the American Revolution, the rise of post-Christianity, and the dawn of Romanticism--and explains their relevance to social changes happening today.
By understanding how those events influenced today\'s cultural landscape, Christians can more effectively bear witness to God\'s truth in a Post-Christian age.
But a single year in the late 18th century saw a number of influential transformations--or even revolutions --that changed the social trajectory of the Western world.
How 7 Transformational Events in 1776 Paved the Way for Today\'s Post-Christian West With dizzying social transformations in everything from gender to social justice, it may seem like there\'s never been a more tumultuous period in history
