http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/11/02/stephen-davies/how-the-world-got-modern/ Big Ideas for a Better World Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/11/02/stephen-davies/how-the-world-got-modern/comment-page-1/#comment-357689 Everyone knows that Presbyterians, not Lutherans, are the hard-working Protestants | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:56:55 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=2324#comment-357689 [...] the risk of sounding like a nutty determinist, this is why I found Steven Davies’ recent essay at Cato Unbound so persuasive. By identifying Europe’s political fragmentation as the [...] [...] the risk of sounding like a nutty determinist, this is why I found Steven Davies’ recent essay at Cato Unbound so persuasive. By identifying Europe’s political fragmentation as the [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/11/02/stephen-davies/how-the-world-got-modern/comment-page-1/#comment-356310 Modernity, Christianity and Islam | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:48:14 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=2324#comment-356310 [...] because of spontaneous social change, secularism, the rise of “engineering culture,” or competition between European states? I’m inclined to agree with Stephen Davies insofar as competition among states probably laid [...] [...] because of spontaneous social change, secularism, the rise of “engineering culture,” or competition between European states? I’m inclined to agree with Stephen Davies insofar as competition among states probably laid [...]

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