What Happens When the West Abandons Christianity? Matt Whiteley vs Mike Jones hosted by John Nelson
About this episode
The episode explores the influence of Christianity on modern Western values and whether these values can persist in a post-Christian society.
Did Christianity build the modern West? From human rights and equality to science, secularism and democracy, many thinkers now argue that Christianity lies behind much of what modern Western societies value most. Popular historian Tom Holland helped revive this debate with his bestselling book Dominion, but how far can the argument really go? In this episode of Unbelievable?, John Nelson is joined by Mike Jones of Inspiring Philosophy and writer Matt Whitley to explore whether Christianity is truly the foundation of the modern West. Are ideas such as human rights, individual freedom and care for the vulnerable uniquely Christian? Did Christianity help create the conditions for modern science? And if Western values emerged from Christian roots, does that tell us anything about whether Christianity itself is true? This week we discuss slavery, secularism, the rise of modern identity politics, Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray, Tom Holland's influence, and whether a post-Christian society can retain the values it inherited from Christianity. Matt Whiteley writes a Substack https://thisisleisfullofnoises.substack.com/ Mike Jones https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5qDet6sa6rODi7t6wfpg8g…
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