The Demise of Christendom, 8 (Conclusion)

 “Seduced by scientism, distracted by materialism, insulated, like no humans before us, from the vicissitudes of sickness and the ubiquity of death, the post-Christian West believes in something we have called progress – a gradual ascent of mankind toward reason, peace, and prosperity – as a substitute in many ways for our previous monotheism.  WeContinue reading “The Demise of Christendom, 8 (Conclusion)”

The Demise of Christendom, 7

The Demise of Christendom, 7 In our tour of how ‘Christendom’ has lived and died, we have remarked that it was a flawed concept from the beginning.  Lest I be misunderstood, I am not saying that the Kingdom of God coming into this world is a chimera or will never happen.  I am merely sayingContinue reading “The Demise of Christendom, 7”