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Armarium Magnum: The Closing of the Western Mind by Charles Freeman
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Who Was Hypatia of Alexandria Really? - Tales of Times Forgotten
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| | The philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who lived in the early fifth century AD, is one of the most famous historical women of classical antiquity. Unfortunately, basically everything you have ever heard about her is complete fiction.
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Review - Tom Holland "Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind" - History for Atheists
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| | Tom Holland's provocative book argues that much of what we take for granted as obvious human rights and values are actually intrinsically Christian ideas.
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Why God's Philosophers did not deserve to be shortlisted for the Royal Society prize | New Humanist
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| | James Hannam's book is a good read but presents a distorted view of the medieval period and the development of science that suits his Catholic agenda, claims Charles Freeman.
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Eric Mascall and the rise, fall and (partial) rebirth of "Christian sociology" - Webstory
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| The period from the 1950s to the early 1970s was one of rapid change in the British churches, and in their attitudes to the society around them. The period saw a sweeping relaxation of the 'moral law' in the UK, an emptying of that law of its Christian content; from suicide to capital punishment, divorce...