What Has Christianity Ever Done for Us? : How It Shaped the Modern World

Name: What Has Christianity Ever Done for Us? : How It Shaped the Modern World
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ISBN: 9780830833283

ISBN-10: 0830833285

ISBN-13: 9780830833283

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jonathan Hill

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What has Christianity ever done for us?What value is there in seeking to preserve its influence today?In this book, Jonathan Hill answers these questions with some questions of his own. For instance, why do we seal wine bottles with cork? Where did musical notation come from? How did universities get their start? And why was the world's first fully literate society not in Europe, Asia or North America?As Hill tells the story of the centuries-long entanglement between Christianity and Western culture, he shows the profound influence that Christianity has had--from what we drink to how we speak, from how we write to how we mark the seasons. Employing a rich, narrative style packed with events…

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 7/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Culture and thought	p. 8
The arts	p. 29
The landscape	p. 55
Education, education, education	p. 84
The individual, society and the world	p. 105
A way of life	p. 131
Changing the world	p. 152
What will Christianity do for us?	p. 181
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