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Vishal Mangalwadi, LLD, was born and raised in India. He studied eastern religion and philosophy in India, Hindu ashrams, and at L'Abri Fellowship in Switzerland. He is a dynamic and engaging speaker who has lectured in thirty-five countries. He is a social reformer, political columnist, and author of fourteen books. Christianity Today calls him "India's foremost Christian intellectual."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Truth overcomes shackles of political correctness to reveal how light is brought to the world
Mangalwadi’s hefty volume (442 pages) brings us a native Indian’s view of the history of the West. His profound knowledge of Indian reality enables him to overcome some of the political correctness and fear of being accused of ‘racism’ that chains some Western scholars hand and foot from revealing truth. Time and time again Mangalwadi identifies the Bible as the key library that has opened the mind of Western man to truth, and in the course of doing so has changed the world. Key to that changing of the world is a respect for human dignity, expressed in singular love and compassion found in the example of Jesus, that the rest of the world had simply not known.By the 1960s philosophers realised that logic was incapable of discovering truth. Actually, logic arose as a result of revealed truth, says Mangalwadi in this fascinating book. The Bible being such, he tells us, as to suggest that the world is logical, became an encouragement for enlightenment thinkers to test its sincerity. That the greatest enlightenment thinkers were deeply Christian was no coincidence.Contemporary Western man tends to assume that matter can exist independently of thought. Surprisingly, according to Mangalwadi, this is in global historical terms, a new notion. Most people around the world have always found ‘nature’ to be enchanted. The Bible, Mangalwadi tells us, has provided the foundation for its disenchantment. Christianity, and not atheism, resulted in the development of science. If it were atheism, then why didn’t the Chinese become the first to develop science? Before the time of science, many uses of technology arose from a Biblical high valuation of human dignity. Foundational technology was invented in monasteries.Today’s understanding that a ‘hero’ is he who sacrifices himself for the good of others has not always been there. The mediaeval hero was the knight who provoked warfare so as to kill in battle. The church turned this around, linking heroism with compassion. Compassion is America’s speciality, according to Mangalwadi. It arises from a view of love that has arisen from the Bible.The church took over a great deal of the original power of the Roman Empire. For all its weaknesses and problems, the church of Christendom achieved an unmatched legitimacy. Christian believers motivated by what God first did for them have for centuries been a massive force moving civilisations away from darkness and towards light.Secularists have been, and are, deceiving us, suggests Mangalwadi. What our kids are learning in the Western school curriculum can be deception and lies. Giving secularism the credit for initiating great ideas like freedom and equality has been a deception. Secularism will in due course itself be seen as a transitory deception – a mere blip in the history of the world.Those who credit the rise of logical and rational thought to Greek philosophers are only half right. It was only Christians who could interpret Aristotle and other great philosophers without the chains of animism. The same Christians could then utilise their insights to bring a real betterment to human existence. “Christian education … developed knowledge in small increments, like a puzzle, because God had already given us the big picture” Mangalwadi tells us (page 219). So then science was enabled by the Bible, because the Bible gives a preview of a natural orderliness waiting to be discovered. The primary transmitters of education and its benefits around the world have been those who have taken the Bible very seriously.Not to do one’s utmost to share the Bible with them is condemning contemporary primitive people to live in the Stone Age, says Mangalwadi. What he knows of ‘the Stone Age’ is not pleasant. It takes a particularly callous person to say that tribe X should be left alone. It takes love and compassion to share the Word of God with them.What of the future? Mangalwadi’s question regarding the West is: “will it relapse into a new dark age or humble itself before the Word of the Almighty God” (p401)? This book, while essentially historical, ranges widely over academic disciplines. It is a highly recommended read to historians, to Christians, and especially to who have been deceived by in recent centuries by the false hegemonic claims of secularism. Thank you Mangalwadi for being bold enough to speak out truth.
5.0 out of 5 stars How ideas in the Bible changed society for good
This excellent book took me back to history lessons 50 years ago. It explains how the ideas on the Bible influenced our country in many different ways. How, for instance, it led to the scientific method, freeing of slaves, equality under the law, my word is my bond and the importance of trust in business and politics. What is so refreshing is that the author is Indian and he brings a different outsider's perspective to his observations. He showed how Bible ideas, like we are made in the image of God, led to caring for the vulnerable and how this contrasted with other belief systems. A really good read that set me thinking that I am really lucky to live in a society that was formed by these ideas. Great book of you want to understand the importance ideas have in shaping society and why it matters what we believe and why dictatorships want to ban Bibles!
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and unbiased book for the truly open minded
I bought this book as part of my LRBS course. I did not know what to expect when I bought it because it sold out very quickly from the bookshop that I bought it from. When I settled down to read it, I quickly understood why it sold out very quickly from a reformed bookshop.The author looks at how the Bible has impacted the Western world in several ways. These include culture, technology, medical wisdom, ethics, education and many areas. He tells how the bible still impacts the west today, in comparison to other parts of the world.Finally, he takes a critical look at the Western world today and the future consequences of the West's abandonment of the Bible.Above all, the author is not biased, because he is very critical of the damage that Hinduism has done to his native India and how the bible has been mainly responsible for India's progress today.
5.0 out of 5 stars Mangalwadi opinions may well challenge you, reviving your love for this countries greatest national treasure, it did for me.
A much needed reminder of a heritage we've taken for granted for far too long, the Word of God. Viewed through the eyes of an Indian intellectual who communicates simply but powerfully about the wonder we have within the pages of the Bibles and how we obtained it's text. This book contains the thoughts of someone who's carried out much research within educational establishments both in his own country and western institutes, Vishal then carefully presents why national blessing in the West, followed when a faith in the Saviour of man, as presented in the greatest book ever written, occurred. Indeed a wake up call to us all to hold fast to the truth contained within it's pages as we view recent radical changes in direction within both Britain and America from a path we once trod.
4.0 out of 5 stars Why it matters.
We live at a time when 'religion' is often viewed with suspicion, if not outright disdain, but what does Christianity and its influence look like through non-Western eyes - how does such a perspective evaluate it's impact upon the world? Vishal Mangalwadi leaves us with no doubt that here is a faith that has major impact for good on culture and life for centuries, but what really fascinates is when he compares this astonishing facilitating of life and progress with the inertia in other cultures (China, India, Tibet) which equally had the means to devise technology, but never had the underlying definition of life provided uniquely by a Christian world-view to drive such abilities forward. Really leaves you pondering on a number of occasions as to why what we believe really does matter.
5.0 out of 5 stars An insight to our journey and where we are taking a wrong turn.
This book is easy to read, with clear insight of western culture from another perspective. Looking from western culture from outside of it Mangalwadi is able to perceive clearly the truth behind why our nation's have prospered and why they are about to fail if we do not do something about our relationship as nations with our God.
5.0 out of 5 stars Real eye-opener
Amazing insight into western culture, we are so ignorant of our own achievements. Everyone should read this book to revive appreciation for The Bible and its influence.
Look at the issues, and sort out what has produced the value that we see decaying in our country!!
Vishal has done his homework. I think he is clear on the issues.
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This is a brilliant book
This is a brilliant book. After a while got to read something solid that helped me understand why certain cultures are corrupt and what the Bible can do about it. It is an expose of why certain nations are poor and why the west catapulted in the field of science and technology. Basically, beliefs have consequence, Vishal brilliants traces the history of America and Britain. Definitely India and Indians can learn from this. This book needs wide readership....
Why am I Just Finding Out All This Now?
A fascinating revelation on just how powerful the Bible and the knowledge of Jesus Christ has been in shaping the West and through the West, the world. This is an inspiring and humbling examination of our Christian heritage. So grateful to Mr Mangalwadi for this book. The examples of cultural and societal transformation when God's Word is read and enacted are astounding. Required reading for anyone searching for the relevance of Christianity in today's world.
The book that made your world: how the Bible influenzes culture
Very excellent appraisal of the various cultures and practices and how much the Bible bettered the lives of those countries that were influenced by it.
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