Description
Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic, secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people today have little sense of how their lives have benefited from Christianity's influence, often viewing the church with hostility or resentment. How Christianity Changed the World is a topically arranged Christian history for Christians and non-Christians. Grounded in solid research and written in a popular style, this book is both a helpful apologetic tool in talking with unbelievers and a source of evidence for why Christianity deserves credit for many of the humane, social, scientific, and cultural advances in the Western world in the last two thousand years. Photographs, timelines, and charts enhance each chapter. This edition features questions for reflection and discussion for each chapter.
Author: Alvin J. Schmidt
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 12/12/2004
Pages: 441
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.85w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780310264491
ISBN10: 0310264499
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | History
- Religion | Christian Theology | Apologetics
- Religion | Christian Living | Social Issues
About the Author
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.