Original title
How Should We Then Live?
Released
9/2/1977
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
Gospel Films
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
10
Dr. Francis Schaeffer's series on the rise and decline of Western culture from a Christian perspective.
This is Dr. Francis Schaeffer's spectacular series on the rise and decline of Western culture from a Christian perspective. The series presents profound truths in simple language and concludes that man's only hope is a return to God's Biblical absolute - the Truth revealed in Christ through the Scriptures. Each 30-minute episode focuses on a significant era of history while presenting answers to modern problems.
Dr. Schaeffer studies ancient Rome and the problem of finite gods as the basis of society.
Join Dr. Schaeffer in the continuation of the series with episode 2: The Middle Ages as a Post-Roman world with Christian influence and negative impact of theological distortions.
Dr. Schaeffer looks at the problem with humanism's logical outworkings in episode 3: The Renaissance.
The Reformation studies the reaction against medieval religious distortions of the biblical and early Christian Church's teaching. Dr. Schaeffer hosts.
Join Dr. Schaeffer in episode 5: The Revolutionary age as he compares politics formed on a Christian foundation to those divorced from Christianity.
Dr. Schaeffer reviews the biblical influence on science and and the shift in modernity in episode 6: The Scientific Age.
Dr. Schaeffer hosts and looks at shifts in modern philosophy, the influence of existentialism and the popularization of nonrational experiences in episode 7: The Age of Non-Reason.
Join Dr. Schaeffer in episode 8: The Age of Fragmentation as he reviews how art, music, and culture depict a philosophical assent of inconsistency, confusion, and absurdity.
Join Dr. Schaeffer as he looks at the consequences of materialistic and hedonistic living in episode 9: The Age of Personal Peace and Affluence.
Dr. Schaeffer speculates on what comes next as a result of our society's philosophies in episode 10: Final Choices.
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