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As one of the foremost evangelical thinkers of the twentieth century, Francis Schaeffer long pondered the fate of declining Western culture. In this brilliant book he analyzed the reasons for modern society’s state of affairs and presented the only viable alternative: living by the Christian ethic, acceptance of God’s revelation, and total affirmation of the Bible’s morals, values, and meaning. How Should We Then Live? has become the benchmark for Christian worldview thinking today. This edition commemorates the 50th anniversary of L’Abri Fellowship, founded by Francis and Edith Schaeffer.
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- Published on: 1976-09
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"There are books that quickly go out of print and there are books for the ages. How Should We Then Live? is one for the ages. Any serious thinker must read it again and again." -- --Cal Thomas, Fox News contributor, syndicated columnist
"This is a modern-day classic, one of Schaeffer's books that awakened me to how biblical truth affects all of life." -- --Charles Colson, founder, Prison Fellowship Ministries
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"This is a modern-day classic, one of Schaeffer's books that awakened me to how biblical truth affects all of life."
—Charles Colson, founder, Prison Fellowship and the Colson Center for Christian Worldview
"There are books that quickly go out of print and there are books for the ages. How Should We Then Live? is one for the ages. Any serious thinker must read it again and again."
—Cal Thomas, Syndicated Columnist, Host, After Hours, Fox News Channel
"How Should We Then Live? was produced by a genius who cared about the battle of ideas. It's also the book I still recommend to students for a quick overview of 'the rise and decline of western thought and culture.' Schaeffer brilliantly takes readers from ancient times through the Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment, then discusses the breakdown in philosophy and science and moves on to art, music, literature, film, and much else besides."
—Marvin Olasky, Editor in Chief, World News Group
"Go to any evangelical Christian gathering .�.�. and ask twenty people the simple question: 'What single person has most affected your thinking and your worldview?' If Francis Schaeffer doesn't lead the list of answers, and probably by a significant margin, I'd ask for a recount."
—Joel Belz, Founder, World�magazine
About the Author
Recognized internationally for his work in Christianity and culture, Francis A. Schaeffer authored more than twenty books, which have been translated into a score of languages and sold millions worldwide. He and his wife, Edith, founded L'Abri Fellowship international study and discipleship centers. Schaeffer passed away in 1984, but his influence and legacy continue worldwide.
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94 of 101 people found the following review helpful.
Still an Important Work 25 years Later
By A. Wolverton
In "How Should We Then Live," Francis Schaeffer seeks to give an analysis of the events of history and how they have shaped our present cultural philosophies, thoughts, ideas, and beliefs. Schaeffer begins with the culture of Ancient Rome and leads us all the way through to (written in 1976) the present. How has our current way of thinking developed? Through philosophy? The arts? Science? Religion? The answer is through all of them, and Schaeffer shows how a Christian worldview (or a lack of one) did and continues to affect people and nations. According to Schaeffer, modern man really only cares about two things: personal peace and prosperity...at any cost. How we have arrived here is a very interesting story...
Schaeffer himself admits in the introduction that a comprehensive study of the rise and fall of Western thought and culture would be a near impossibility. He's right. But many times in the book I think he fell short. Schaeffer tends to explain concepts during certain periods in history very clearly, then assumes that the reader is familiar with other periods without the same foundation being laid. Again, as he said, the problem is he can't treat the subject comprehensively in only 258 pages (many of which are photographs). I also felt that Schaeffer was somewhat uncomfortable in knowing how to fit musical influences into the book. His musical statements don't seem to support some of his ideas very well at times. (However, he handles the influence of art quite well.) Also, as with any book examining culture that is 25 years old, much of the material is outdated. It's a shame that Schaeffer didn't live to see and comment on some of the events of the past decade. It would have been very interesting to hear him speak of things (such as cloning) which are now very real.
I have read four previous Schaeffer works. None of the books I have read are very long (well under 300 pages), but some can be a pretty rough road. "How Should We Then Live" is very readable and most of the time very clear. The book is well worth your time.
60 of 63 people found the following review helpful.
Good idea, flawed execution
By Jordan M. Poss
In reading How Should We Then Live, I found that Francis Schaeffer reminded me a great deal of another famous Christian writer, John Foxe. Like Foxe, Schaeffer's writing--specifically, his accuracy in assessing and describing art and culture--improve the closer he comes to his own era. I had never read anything by Schaeffer before but had always heard him highly spoken of, so when I came across this book recently I bought it on impulse. It was a fascinating, brisk read that I completed in two days.
What Schaeffer sets out to do is follow the development of the Western philosophy of life from the decadence of Rome to the decadence of the modern world and explain what has gone wrong with our society. He also seeks to describe how a proper worldview balances the universal with the particulars and how most modern philosophies overstress one or the other to a fault.
Schaeffer's flaws are not many, but they are often great. He begins the book with a brief explanation of presuppositions--unfortunately, many of his own presuppositions give an otherwise welcome brief history a bad flavor.
Starting with his presupposition--pointed out ad infinitum by other reviewers--that all pre-Reformation Christianity is unquestionably bad, he grossly misinterprets the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dante, and Michelangelo, to name only a few. His view of Greco-Roman culture is also oversimplified. Ironically, for someone so keen on balancing the universals and the particulars, he is often only generally accurate in the broad strokes and does poorly on the particulars.
I've dwelt on the flaws, but this is still a good book. Just read it knowing that much of the early material is either oversimplified or misinterpreted. Once Schaeffer reaches Nietzsche, he is within his depth and gives a good, if too brief and simplified, overview of the major philosophical movements that shaped the 20th--and now 21st--century.
How Should We Then Live? is an ambitiously conceived book--its problems lie with the author's presuppositions and, to an extent, its brevity. If you're looking for a book with similar themes and goals, I'd recommend John Blanchard's Does God Believe in Atheists? instead. Blanchard's work is much more detailed and exhaustive, and far more balanced in its treatment of viewpoints that don't square 100% with his own.
Recommended.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Should be required reading for every educated person
By captiii
I needed this book for a graduate course. It was well worth it and will become a part of my permanent library.
The focus of Schaefer (2005) is “the rise and decline of western thought and culture”
(Schaeffer, 2005). Using examples starting with ancient Rome Schaeffer brings the reader
through 2000 years of the history of western civilization influenced by Christianity. Some of the
influences have been positive and some negative. Looking at the current situation what is
needed in society is a dose of the truth. A good dose of the truth can help bring about a world
view that can help bring some sanity back to western civilization. Without truth there may
indeed be a complete collapse of the civilization for which we are a part.
The purpose of the text is to examine “the rise and fall of western thought and culture”
(Schaeffer, 2005). Schaffer (2005) states in the last sentence of the book that,
this book is written in the hope that this generation may turn from that great wickedness,
the placing of any created thing in place of the Creator, and that this generation may get
its feet out of the paths of death and may live. (p. 258).
The intended audience is quite broad. Although there is a distinct Christian perspective
the book is written to the general population with an overview of how western civilization has
arrived where it is today and the implications of its current state. It is also directed towards
Christians because there is a special note at the end of the book directed specifically at Christians
and what the presentation of the information should mean to them.
The thesis of the book is to use the evolution of western culture, philosophy, knowledge
and thought to “present the flow and development which have led to twentieth century thinking
and by so doing hope to show essential answers” (Schaeffer, 2005). This is accomplished by
starting with what has been considered the origin of the western world, ancient Rome.
The book is definitely not a study on the global evolution of philosophical and cultural change. It focuses on the western world that has its roots in the Roman Empire. This is the part of the world that
has been the most impacted by Christian thought throughout the centuries more than any other
part of the world. The bias found within the book is found in Proverbs 1:7 “the fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline” (New International
Version (NIV)). Another bias also found in Proverbs 13:20 “there is a way that seems right to a
man, but in the end it leads to death” (NIV). These versus taken from the Bible are sound
description of the basis found in the book. The bias is the truth of God.
The theoretical assumptions made are directly related to how Christianity has impacted
western civilization for the past two thousand years. The assumption is that Christianity has
played a very large part in the manner in which culture, art, math, science philosophy social
contract theory and social moral norms have evolved. It has been the organized church that has
either facilitated or put up barriers to change. Another assumption is that although there should
only be one truth there are in fact two or more truths that the culture is trying to embrace
manage. The spiritual aspects of Christianity and the secular aspects of the culture within a
community have over time continued to drift apart. Schaeffer explains this as a dichotomy of
“two reciprocally exclusive orders” (Schaeffer, 2005, p. 164). He describes this dichotomy as
the description of modern man and this becomes the basis for many of the issues that are
discussed in the book. Modern man has created a “total separation between the area of meaning
and values, and the area of reason” (Schaeffer, 2005). This separation has become the dilemma
that modern man has tried to resolve. However there is one ingredient missing from attempt.
Proverbs 1:7 clearly states “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise
wisdom and discipline” (New International Version (NIV)). Basically modern man has become
a fool because of the attempt to rationalize the split between values and reason. Without the
source of truth this cannot be rationalized by modern man.
Schaeffer (2005) uses as an example of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche
“was the first one who said in the modern way that God is dead, and he understood well where
people end when they say this” (Schaeffer, 2005). Later in life Nietzsche went insane as
Schaeffer (2005) explains “because he understood that insanity was the only philosophic answer
if the infinite-personal God does not exist” (p. 180). If society adopts the reasoning that God is
dead then meaning and values have no basis nor does reasoning. In the end, it is all disaster.
The modern view of thought has become the accepted viewpoint by popular consensus
(Schaeffer, 2005, p. 205). As long as people seek personal peace and affluence they will believe
they have been successful. The current thought that permeates society is that it is all about the
individual to the detriment of the generation that is following. Alongside that, is the affluence
mentality that measures success by what I have accumulated in the material world. The book
discusses current issues in light of modern thought and these are discussed along with each
historical context. These issues include an explanation of how arbitrary judicial decisions have a
major negative impact on the health of society. In addition to judicial arbitrary decisions, mob
rule or law by consensus has become the norm. There is no basis for reasoning and therefore
whatever a person wants to do they can make the case that it should be acceptable. As it says in
Romans 1:28 “furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of
God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done” (NIV). Schaeffer
(2005) makes the case for this biblical truth in his discussion of historical and current events.
This book is valuable in the study of school law and ethics in that it provides the
documented basis for how society has evolved to arrive at this point in history. Understanding
history and how historical events have impacted society allows a contextual view for why the
societal norms experienced today and why they exist as they do. Jesus told his disciples in
Matthew 10:16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as
snakes and as innocent as doves” (New International Version). It is this admonition by Jesus that
gives a context from which to view the value of this particular book. The better the Christian
understands the basis for societal norms, including ethics and laws, the better they can be a
catalyst for change to help bring light to the truth. Schaeffer (2005) provides the knowledge and
context required to understand the continuing influx of laws that are not based on any rational
reasoning.
It is the manner in which Schaeffer makes his presentation that has the greatest impact and provides the foundation and evidence for a thought that was already held. Overall this book describes exactly how we should live if we intend to have an
impact on improving the current decline in western thought and culture. “The problem is having
and acting upon the right world view - the world view which gives men and women the truth of
what is” (Schaeffer, 2005, p.254).
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