Member Reviews

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “This offers up a very clear understanding of our duty as Christians to live in such a way as to make God known and knowable in today's culture. It also helps us to know and understand how our culture arrived at the place it is today.”

  LeeLee wrote this review Friday, August 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “What a shame that you cant find this book at most christian bookstores. But if you want mystery or romance........we're in trouble. Enormously prophetic book.”

  gregornotthemonk wrote this review Wednesday, July 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This is another book by Francis Schaeffer that I have not read in many years. However I remember it being very informative and thought-provoking. Perhaps the most challenging chapter for me was "Modern Art, Music, Literature and Films" wherein Dr. Schaeffer states, "The historical flow is like this: The philosophers from Rousseau, Kant, Hegel and Kierkegaard onward, having lost their hope of a unity of life, presented a fragmented concept of reality; then the artists painted that way." I'm not so sure that I should discount modern art (any more than classical art) on the basis of this inevitable flow of history and philosophy. Rather, I choose to appreciate, interpret and "give an answer" to the worldview and prevailing philosophy of each period, as reflected in the art of that age.”

  tapbirds wrote this review Sunday, February 17 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “This book is a CLASSIC! Schaeffer shows his wit in understanding that whatever happens in the "thought-world" of people affects that culture's arts, history, architecture and music. Beginning his survey from the fall of the Roman Empire, to the decadence of the Middle Ages, to the centerpoint of modern civilization which started from the Protestant Reformation in contrast with the Humanistic Renaissance of Italy, down to the present, this book is a great informative way to look at history as a quest, an adventure, where the rise and fall of civilizations depend upon its dependence on the strong non-syncretistic Biblical Christianity. A highly recommended book for THINKERS!”

  Francis wrote this review Saturday, December 22 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Schaeffer looks at the historical arc of Western civilization, starting with the fall of the Roman empire and following all the way to our modern age. He traces the beneficial influence of Christian moral thought on culture, philosophy, and law, and then the decline of the same as Western civilization incrementally rejected Christianity. Brilliant!”

  Don M wrote this review Tuesday, November 27 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “An informative book about architecture, fine arts and history in christian perspective”

  Oel wrote this review Saturday, October 20 2007. ( reply | permalink )