Christianity is a fully formed worldview, with implications for all areas of life. Sunshine demonstrates that biblical ideas left their stamp on economics, politics, science, education, and, in fact, on the entire course of Western civilization for the past 1,700 years. All of the West’s distinctive achievements come from Christian foundations — a bold claim, but one echoed even by atheists, such as Germany’s Jürgen Habermas. For example, the concept of universal human rights and equality comes exclusively from the biblical idea that all people are created in the image of God. This book is
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