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The Christian Naturalist (Classic Reprint)
Author: Edward Budge
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-12-14
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780332786919
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from The Christian Naturalist Ir may be needful here to state, that a considerable portion of the following work has already been before the public, in a small monthly Periodical, entitled, Light from the West, or the Cornish Parochial Visitor, ' which was commenced in January, 1832. During the latter part of this year, the first number of the Christian Naturalist appeared in that work. The favorable manner in which the series of papers under that head were received by its numerous readers, have now led to their te-publication. Being, however, now presented to a more general class, some pains have been taken by the Author to submit his observations to the public in the form that might be most useful and attractive; and with this view some alterations and corrections have been made, and many additions. A different arrangement has also been. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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How the West Really Lost God
Author: Mary Eberstadt
Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press
Published: 2013-04-01
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1599474298
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this magisterial work, leading cultural critic Mary Eberstadt delivers a powerful new theory about the decline of religion in the Western world. The conventional wisdom is that the West first experienced religious decline, followed by the decline of the family. Eberstadt turns this standard account on its head. Marshalling an impressive array of research, from fascinating historical data on family decline in pre-Revolutionary France to contemporary popular culture both in the United States and Europe, Eberstadt shows that the reverse has also been true: the undermining of the family has further undermined Christianity itself. Drawing on sociology, history, demography, theology, literature, and many other sources, Eberstadt shows that family decline and religious decline have gone hand in hand in the Western world in a way that has not been understood before—that they are, as she puts it in a striking new image summarizing the book’s thesis, “the double helix of society, each dependent on the strength of the other for successful reproduction.” In sobering final chapters, Eberstadt then lays out the enormous ramifications of the mutual demise of family and faith in the West. While it is fashionable in some circles to applaud the decline both of religion and the nuclear family, there are, as Eberstadt reveals, enormous social, economic, civic, and other costs attendant on both declines. Her conclusion considers this tantalizing question: whether the economic and demographic crisis now roiling Europe and spreading to America will have the inadvertent result of reviving the family as the most viable alternative to the failed welfare state—fallout that could also lay the groundwork for a religious revival as well. How the West Really Lost God is both a startlingly original account of how secularization happens and a sweeping brief about why everyone should care. A book written for agnostics as well as believers, atheists as well as “none of the above,” it will permanently change the way every reader understands the two institutions that have hitherto undergirded Western civilization as we know it—family and faith—and the real nature of the relationship between those two pillars of history.
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