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A 3 page review of Francis A. Schaeffer’s book “How Should We Then Live.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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detailing how and why we live like we do today. His work traces much of ancient thought, such as seen in Greece and Rome, and brings it forward in time
as people have essentially lost faith in God. He presents the reader with the manner in which men have developed through the centuries, becoming more and more individualistic and lacking
in ethics and morals, all due to the development of ideas from long ago. The following paper examines his work as it relates to the rise and fall of the
west, his proposed solution, and the opinions of this particular writer as they relate to the information offered in Schaeffers text. How Then Should We Live Though relatively
short for such an extensive undertaking, Schaeffers work begins with Ancient Rome and moves forward in time to his present period, which was the 1970s. He moves through the Middle
Ages, the Renaissance, and the Reformation. As the reader moves through these time periods it becomes obvious that the author is focusing largely on religion and free thought, and how
the evolution of mans thought and investigation of life has brought about more and more chaos in each particular period in time. This development becomes more and more clear as
Schaeffer moves into the time of Enlightenment and then modern science. It is perhaps this section on modern science that one can truly begin to see powerful connections between the
ancient past and the present day realities, especially in light of such scientific endeavors as cloning and cell reproduction. In relationship to science Schaeffer indicates that Christianity essentially gave rise,
or birth to modern science through observation. Christians could, in all good conscience, observe and study nature and science. However, the coming of new forms of thought that did not
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