The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 26): Monks and Capitalism…Open For Business!
In this next to last post about the High Catholic Age (aka. “The Middle Ages”), I want to focus on something that may come as a surprise to most people—indeed I...
Category: Western Culture
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 25): Thomas Aquinas’ “Five Proofs” for the Existence of God
I want to note that what much of what is contained in this post was covered in a few previous posts I wrote in my series about Richard Dawkins. Still, for what ...
The Way of the Worldviews (Part 24): Thomas Aquinas, Philosophy, and the High Catholic Age
The ground-breaking achievement in philosophy during the High Catholic Age was the revival of the study of Aristotle. Throughout the Byzantine Age, Christian th...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 23): Philosophy and the Universities in the High Catholic Age
In my last post, I made it a point to show that one of the distinguishing features in the universities during the High Catholic Age was their fascination with a...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 22): Monasteries and Universities in the High Catholic Age
As we continue our overview of what has been traditionally called “The Middle Ages,” but what I have chosen to call “The High Catholic Age,” we now come to the ...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 21): The Reality of the Crusades: Why Pacifism on a National Level Isn’t Christian
There has often been a misguided assumption by many who have this strange impression that before the Crusades, Christianity had been a largely pacifist and “ant...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 20): The Reasons for the Crusades
Much has been written about the Crusades, so I will not attempt to write yet another history about them. The Crusades, though, were incredibly significant on a ...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 19): The Emergence of the High Catholic Age (1054-1517 AD)
1054 AD marked a watershed moment for the respective histories of both the Eastern Byzantine Empire and what was soon to become Western Christendom. For the pre...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 17): Monaticism and Pagan Europe
When it comes to Church history, we must always remember that oftentimes the true impact of Christianity is to be found far away from the halls of power. While ...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 16)–A Hodgepodge of Information about Christianity, Slavery, and the Differences Between East and West
The reason why I have not posted anything in the past week or so will soon become obvious. As I’ve been looking at the next section of my “Ways of the Worldview...