HB4Faith&Family - Magazine - Page 11
Mary Eberstadt in her book, titled ÒHow The
West Really Lost GodÓ, delivers a theory about
the decline of religion in the Western world.
Conventional wisdom is that the West Þrst experienced religious
decline, followed by the decline of the family. Eberstadt shows the
reverse is also true: the undermining of the family undermined
Christianity itself. She asked this question, ÒIs it in societyÕs interest to
encourage Christian practice?Ó She provides her own response. ÒOnly
so far as it is societyÕs interest to encourage quality of life, enhance
health, happiness, less crime, less depression, and other such
beneÞts associated with religious involvementÓ.
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