Our Culture Feels Chaotic But there’s a 250 year old Reason for That: 1776 with Andrew Wilson

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In the 21st century, culture changes fast. It may seem like there’s never been a more tumultuous period in history. But there was one year - 1776 - that changed the social trajectory of the Western world as we know it.

On today’s episode we’re talking with Andrew Wilson about why we are the way that we are. It turns out we in the West underwent some tremendous shaping influences in 1776 that continue to shape us today. Wilson’s desire is “to explain why the modern world is the way it is, so the church can understand, serve and love it better.”

Weaving together history and sociology and philosophy and so much more, today’s conversation will begin to give us the historical lens we need to understand today’s post-Christian trends and respond accordingly.

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Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West, by Andrew Wilson - https://www.crossway.org/books/remaking-the-world-hcj/

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Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West, by Andrew Wilson - https://www.crossway.org/books/remaking-the-world-hcj/

Resources for this episode:

Welcome: Loving Your Church by Making Space for Everyone, by Jen Oshman - https://amzn.to/3ESIyHG

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/

https://careynieuwhof.com/the-self-awareness-gap-what-non-christian-people-really-think-about-the-church/