Text extracted from opening pages of book: Christianity's
Contributions to Civilization BY CHARLES DAVID ELDRIDGE CGKESBURY
PRESS NASHVILLE, TENN. 1928 COPYRIGHT* 1928 BY IAMAR ft WHITMORft
DEDICATED To MY BELOVED WIFE MARGARET UPHAM ELDRIDGE IN GRATEFUL
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HER INSPIRATION AND COOPERATION CONTENTS PART ONB
CHRISTIANITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION DURING THE ROMAN
EMPIRE PAGE L Christianity's Triumph over Polytheism and the State
Religion of the Roman Empire 13 II. Christianity Mitigates the
Horrors of Slavery. ........ 21 III. Christianity and the Conquest
of Social Evils 29 IV. Christianity and the Civilization of the
Barbarian Tribes, 38 PART Two CHRISTIANITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO
INTELLECTUAL, RELIGIOUS, AND POLITICAL LIBERTY V. Christianity's
Contributions During the Feudal Age. 43 VL Christianity's
Contributions through the Renaissance. . 56 VII. Christianity's
Contributions through the Reformation. 61 VI I L Christianity's
Contributions through Protestantism among the Nations of Europe, .,
., ... 74 IX, Christianity's Contributions through Protestantism in
England 84 X. Christianity's Contributions through Protestantism in
the United States 98 XL Christianity's Contributions to Democracy
105 PART THREE CHRISTIANITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ART, EDUCATION, AND
LITERATURE XI L Christianity's Contributions to Painting,
Sculpture, and Architecture 119 XIIL Christianity's Contributions
to Music 136 XIV, Christianity's Contributions to Education 143 XV.
Christianity's Contributions to Literature, . 160 PART FOUR
CHRISTIANITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL PROGRESS XVI. Christianity 1
*! Contributions to Social I deals and Values. 181 XVIL
Christianity's Contributions to theBrotherhood of Man, 193 ( 7) 8
CHRISTIANITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS CHAPTER XVIII. Christianity's
Contributions to the Uplift of Women . ., 199 XIX. Christianity's
Contributions to Humane Legislation. . 217 XX, Christianity and
Modern Slavery, , ., .., ., 227 XXL Christianity and the
Establishment $ Charitable Institutions, 2JS XXII. Christianity's
Contributions through the Work of John Wesley ...., ., , .. 243
XXIII. Christianity and Prison Reform, . t, . 251 XXIV.
Christianity and Temperance Reform., 26H XXV. Christianity's
Contributions to the Mitigation of War, 268 PART FIVE
CHRISTIANITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NON-CHRIS TIAN PEOPLES OF
TO-DAY XXVI. Christianity's Impact on Non-Christian Peoples of
To-Day. ......................., , 281 PAUT Six CHRISTIANITY'S
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF MANKIND XXVIL Christianity's
Contributions to the Reiigiou* Life of Mankind.. .. *, ..*., ., ..,
3 XXVIIL Christian Ideals Diffused through the Churchei and
Humanitarian Organisations ., ., ..., , XXIX. Christianity the
Final and Universal Reltgicm, XXX. The Goal of Christianity..,
......, ., FOREWORD WHAT has Christianity meant to the world? It
has worked, as a recent non-Christian, yet not wholly
unsympathetic, critic has said, in a measure. But in what measure?
What spheres of human life has it touched? How wide, how pervasive,
how powerful has been its influence? Working-, as it necessarily
has done, in the midst of, and against, and with, the human
imperfections, has it, in spite of all that, made good moderately,
or splendidly, or at least hopefully? Can it be said that its
actual achievements have given good proof of its divine origin? Or
is it to be counted as just one ( the highest, tobe sure) among the
many faiths In this believing world? Will it go on conquering and
to conquer/ 1 or must we expect it to give place to something else,
more fitted to advancing humanity, that successor itself not final,
but to serve awhile, and then in its tuna to be displaced? These
questions can be answered only by the accom plishments of the
religion of Jesus in every department of life, what it has done and
is doing. The average Christian, especially the younger, is
abysmally Ignorant of the rock whence ye were hewn, the hole of the
pit whence ye were digged. The on
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