Why You Think the Way You Do, Glenn S. Sunshine
Why You Think the Way You Do, Glenn S. Sunshine
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Why You Think the Way You Do
The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home

Author: Glenn S. Sunshine, Charles Colson

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 8 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/13/2009

Synopsis

How do we come by our worldviews and philosophies? What impact did Christianity have on the worldviews that are common to Western civilization?Why You Think the Way You Do traces the development of the worldviews that underpin the Western world. Professor and historian Glenn S. Sunshine demonstrates the decisive impact that the growth of Christianity had in transforming the outlook of pagan Roman culture into one that—based on biblical concepts of humanity and its relationship with God—established virtually all the positive aspects of Western civilization.The two-pronged assault in our time on the biblically based worldview by postmodern philosophy and the writings of neo-atheists has made it even more crucial that we acknowledge and defend its historical roots.This authoritative, accessible survey discusses Western worldviews as a continuous narrative rather than as simply a catalogue of ideas. Why You Think the Way You Do:Traces the effects that changes in worldview had on society.Helps you understand your own worldview and those of other people.Helps you recognize the ways that your worldview, philosophies, beliefs, and presuppositions affect the way you think about everything.

About Glenn S. Sunshine

Glenn S. Sunshine (PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison) is professor of history at the Central Connecticut State University and a faculty member of the Centurions Program at Breakpoint, the worldview training ministry of Prison Fellowship Ministries. Previously, he taught at Calvin College and was a visiting professor at the Universität der Bundeswehr-Hamburg (now Helmut Schmidt University) in Germany. He is author of The Reformation for Armchair Theologians, and Reforming French Protestantism, and contributor to the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, and the Encyclopedia of Protestantism.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica on October 05, 2017

I didn’t feel much real enthusiasm when I started reading this book. I expected it to be dry, somewhat boring, and that it would take me a long time to finish. I was wrong on all accounts. This book is about how a Christian world view would change over decades and centuries, starting from Rome and le......more

Goodreads review by Garrett on October 04, 2024

Fantastic. Broad in scope, simple in form, articulated in an easy to understand way. This book would make a good companion work to Tom Holland's 'Dominion.'......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on September 12, 2020

Sunshine is a gem, and you should read this book. The book provides a survey of the development of western worldview from the time of the Roman Empire into which Christianity was born down to the present. Throughout, he upholds the value and uniqueness of the influence of Christianity in that histor......more

Goodreads review by Kenzie on January 13, 2024

I learned SO much from this book! It was clear and condensed yet extremely informative. It was amazing to see where many of the ideas that we take for granted today came from. It was also crazy to see that the issues our world faces today has strong similarities to the problems faced by those in yea......more

Goodreads review by Dave on December 12, 2012

In the past year, I’ve been increasingly finding myself reading a lot of books on Apologetics and greatly enjoying the topic and the amount of literature in this field. As I’ve been reading on Apologetics, I’ve very quickly come to realize that I am very passionate about worldview issues and have be......more

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