A slave auction before Christians fought successfully to make them illegal. Despite its illegality, human trafficking remains and Christians continue to fight.
Effects of the Gospel in History
Learn more - some options:
Prefer to listen? Informal lectures by Dr. Rikk Watts of
Christianity in the Ancient World (MP3)
Christianity and Charity (MP3)
Christianity and Science (MP3)
Christianity and Slavery (MP3)
Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi on:
The Origin of Human Dignity in Human History (MP3)
Prefer to read?
Vincent Carroll & David Shiflett, Christianity on Trial: (Encounter Books, San Francisco),2002.
Rodney Stark, For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery, Princeton University Press, 2003.
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Alvin J. Schmidt, How Christianity Changed the World. Zondervan, 2001, 2004. Summary here.
Jeremiah J. Johnston, Unimaginable: What Our World Would Be Like Without Christianity. Baker Books, 2017
Prefer a
more academic
approach? The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy,
Robert D. Woodberry, National University of Singapore, published in the American Political Science Review Vol. 106, No. 2 May 2012.
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here for PDF. An economic study:
www.haloproject.ca finds
that for every dollar a local Christian congregation spends, the
community receives an estimated $4.77 worth of common good services;
services a city need not provide.
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