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Moral Darwinism How We Became Hedonists

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ISBN-10: 0830826661

ISBN-13: 9780830826667

Edition: 2002

Authors: Benjamin Wiker, William A. Dembski

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Abortion. Euthanasia. Infanticide. Sexual promiscuity.Ideas and actions once unthinkable have become commonplace. We seem to live in a different moral universe than we occupied just a few decades ago. Consent and noncoercion seem to be the last vestiges of a morality long left behind. Christian moral tenets are now easily dismissed and have been replaced with what is curiously presented as a superior, more magnanimous, respectful and even humble morality.How did we end up so far away from where we began?Can the decline be stopped?Ben Wiker, in this provocative and insightful book, traces the amazing story that explains our present cultural situation. Wiker finds the roots of our moral slide…    
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List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 7/12/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 329
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Calvin Miller (1936-2012) was a professor at Beeson Divinity School. The beloved author of more than forty books, Miller was also well known as a poet, artist, novelist and speaker. His later works included Preaching (Baker), O Shepherd Where Art Thou? (Broadman & Holman) and Conversations with Jesus (Harvest House). He summed up his rule of life in four words: "Time is a gift."Benjamin Wiker (Ph.D., Vanderbilt), is a full-time writer and senior fellow of Discovery Institute in Seattle, Washington. His work has appeared in such publications as First Things, National Catholic Register, Crisis, Catholic World Report and the New Oxford Review. Books he has written include Moral Darwinism and…    

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
It All Started with Epicurus
Lucretius, the First Darwinian
Christianity Versus Epicureanism
The Fall and Rise of Epicureanism
Newtonianism: The New Face of Epicurean Materialism
The Moral Revolution of Materialism
The Taming of Christianity, or Scripture Declawed
Epicureanism Becomes Darwinism
How We Became Hedonists
Conclusion
Subject Index
Scripture Index