Western culture appears more and more insecure by the year. Social and political schism, economic malaise and spiritual emptiness are more and more apparent. In response, voices can be increasingly heard calling for a return to something called ‘Christian civilization.’ Religion, we increasingly hear, is a ’social glue’ than can bind us together, regardless of its actual truth.
In this talk, the 2024 Erasmus Lecture given in New York City on 28th October 20204, I argue that this idea, far from being a solution to our malaise, is a deadly trap that Christians should avoid.
Against Christian Civilisation