How the West Really Lost God

Download or read book How the West Really Lost God written by Mary Eberstadt and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In How the West Really Lost God, Mary Eberstadt takes issue with the standard explanation for the decline of the family. The conventional explanation is that the decline in Christianity is responsible for the decline of the family, but Eberstadt argues that, in fact, the reverse may well be true. Drawing on population data, both historical and contemporary, from countries throughout the world, the author shows that family decline actually preceded the loss of faith and then goes on to unpack the unsettling cultural implications of this phenomenon.