Resisting the typical, dry methods of contemporary scholarship, this powerful examination revisits the biblical days of life-and-death conflict, struggles for power between popes and kings, and secret alliances of intellectuals united by a desire to pit worldly goals against the spiritual priorities of the church. This account looks beyond the pretense of neutrality and objectivity often found in secular study, and brings to light the appropriation of scripture by politically motivated interpreters. Questioning the techniques taken for granted at divinity schools worldwide, their origins are traced to the writings of Machiavelli and Marsilio of Padua, the political projects of Henry VIII, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke, and the quest for an empire of science on the part of Descartes and Spinoza. Intellectual and inspiring, an argument is made for bringing Christianity back to biblical literacy.

Politicizing the Bible: The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture 1300-1700

History

Wiker, Benjamin

Hahn, Scott W.

World

Herder & Herder

How To Think about GOD on a Plane is the first of a series of books by Benjamin Wiker aimed at air travelers. The idea came to him--to note the obvious--while he was traveling on a plane.Looking around, Dr. Wiker saw a whole lot of people either texting their lives away or reading what amounted to intellectually non-nutritious fare. That's when the idea struck him: Why not create books that could be consumed during the average flight experience--terminal to terminal--but with a lot more meat? Why not use the time to go deeper into the great questions and great issues of life? And so, How To Think about _______ on a Plane was born, the blank being filled in the first of the series by GOD. How does this book differ from other short treatments of big subjects? The reflections within these covers really are tied directly to your experience of riding on a plane. In How To Think about God on a Plane, the Plane itself helps you to think much more deeply about God. And so it will be with the other books in this series. Again, the point in each is to give you, the plane traveler, some real intellectual meat to chew on, some deeper thoughts that will change your views by the time you (gently) hit the runway.How To Think about GOD on a Plane will transform the way you think about God wherever your travels may take you thereafter!

How To Think about God on a Plane (How To Think about _______ on a Plane)

Religion & Spirituality

Religious Studies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The phrase, "the Culture of Death", is bandied about as a catch-all term that covers abortion, euthanasia and other attacks on the sanctity of life. In Architects of the Culture of Death, authors Donald DeMarco and Benjamin Wiker expose the Culture of Death as an intentional and malevolent ideology promoted by influential thinkers who specifically attack Christian morality's core belief in the sanctity of human life and the existence of man's immortal soul. In scholarly, yet reader-friendly prose, DeMarco and Wiker examine the roots of the Culture of Death by introducing 23 of its architects, including Ayn Rand, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Jean-Paul Sartre, Alfred Kinsey, Margaret Sanger, Jack Kevorkian, and Peter Singer. 
Still, this is not a book without hope. If the Culture of Death rests on a fragmented view of the person and an eclipse of God, the future of the Culture of Life relies on an understanding and restoration of the human being as a person, and the rediscovery of a benevolent God. The personalism of John Paul II is an illuminating thread that runs through Architects, serving as a hopeful antidote.

Architects of the Culture of Death

Politics & Social Sciences

Demarco, Ph.D. Donald

Social Sciences

Ignatius Press

The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies Charles Darwin

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Regnery

Following up his 10 Books That Screwed Up the World, author Benjamin Wiker brings you 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor. Offering a guide to some of the most important literary works of our time, Wiker turns his discerning eye from the great texts that have done so much damage to Western Civilization to the great texts that could help rebuild it. 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read features a range of works from classics such as Democracy in America and The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, to more "pop" classics like Sense and Sensibility and The Tempest. Through these works, Wiker reveals some of the most important lessons for our time as well as the true meaning of conservatism. Written with an educational purpose and witty tone, this is a must-read for conservatives, Republicans, and booklovers everywhere!

10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

In "Seven Myths about the Catholic Church and Science," Dr. Benjamin Wiker dispels the most common and persistent confusions about the relationship between the Faith and scientific inquiry. All too often, this relationship is presented - in the popular media and even in history books - as if it is a war, an endless battle between superstition and the forces of light and reason. Quite to the contrary, Professor Wiker proves the truth is that the Church is and always has been the great friend, patron and protector of science. Certainly, the Church is not a flatterer, but she is a friend nonetheless. The so-called "war" waged against science is merely the Church's efforts to steer its flock away from scientific theories that, however attractive and popular they may be, ultimately undermine natural and supernatural truths, undermine morality, and undermine science itself. The Church is the great patron of science because the Church rejoices in two kinds of truth: those revealing the wisdom of God the Creator and those revealing the love of God the Redeemer. It has no anxiety about raising a single voice in the double praise, because the Creator God and the Redeemer God is the same God. The Church sits as judge over the intersections where science approaches morality. Scientists are human, and sometimes the Church must step in to remind them of their limits, especially those limits that safeguard their own humanity - just as the Church safeguards Christian orthodoxy. Join Professor Wiker for a fascinating exposition on a wide variety of scientific topics, including the Big Bang, Evolution, Darwinism, Aliens, and more. Discover how the Church protects the humanity of scientists, their moral dignity, and their real freedom to choose good or evil.

Seven Myths about the Catholic Church & Science - DVD: A Refutation of Popular Errors

Saint Benedict Press

Many Christians feel that they are being opposed at every turn by what seems to be a well-orchestrated political and cultural campaign to de-Christianize every aspect of Western culture. They are right, and it goes even further back than the Obama Administration. In Worshipping the State: How Liberalism Became Our State Religion, Benjamin Wiker argues that it is liberals who seek to establish an official state religion: one of unbelief. Wiker reveals that it was never the intention of the Founders to drive religion out of the public square with the First Amendment, but secular liberals have deliberately misinterpreted the establishment clause to serve their own ends: the de-Christianization of Western civilization. The result, they hope, is government as the new oracle. Personal faith in a deity is replaced with collective dependence on government, and the diversity of religious practices and dogmas is reduced to a uniform ideological agenda. The liberal strategy is two-pronged: drive religion out of the public square, and then, in religion's place, erect the Church of the State to fill the human need for a higher power to look up to. But what was done can be undone. Outlining a simple, step-by-step strategy for disestablishing the state church of secularism, Worshiping the State shows the full historical sweep of the war to those on the Christian side of the cultural battle--and as a consequence of this far more complete vantage, how to win it.

Worshipping the State: How Liberalism Became Our State Religion

Scientists often challenge conventional wisdom and spark debates that last for generations. But no scientist has fueled more debate than Charles Darwin. To some he is the revolutionary 'father' of evolution. To others he is the perverse 'originator' of modern eugenics.In The Darwin Myth, author Benjamin Wiker brings these conflicting identities to light. He offers a critical examination of Darwin's theories as well as the scientific, social, and religious implications of his life and work.The Darwin Myth reveals: How Darwin's theories were originally met by skepticism and criticism - much of which he couldn't refute and are still valid today; why Darwin didn't 'discover' evolution; and how science itself suggests God created the universe. Laying out the evidence and sound scientific arguments, Wiker illuminates the inevitable truth about Darwin's powerful - yet ultimately poisonous - legacy.

The Darwin Myth

Science & Math

Evolution

Regnery History

The Reformation 500 Years Later: 12 Things You Need to Know

Product Description 
You’ve heard of the "Great Books"? These are their evil opposites.\nFrom Machiavelli's 
The Prince to Alfred Kinsey’s 
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, from Karl Marx's 
Communist Manifesto to Margaret Mead’s 
Coming of Age in Samoa, these "influential" books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, the breakdown of the family, and disastrous social experiments.\nAnd yet the toxic ideas peddled in these books are more popular and pervasive than ever. In fact, they might influence your own thinking without your realizing it.\nFortunately, Professor Benjamin Wiker is ready with an antidote, exposing the beguiling errors in each of these evil books.\nWitty, learned, and provocative, 
10 Books That Screwed Up the World provides a quick education in the worst ideas in human history and explains how we can avoid them in the future. 
 About the Author 
Benjamin Wiker, a husband and the father of seven children, holds a Ph.D. in theological ethics from Vanderbilt University. He has taught at Marquette University, St. Mary’s University, and Thomas Aquinas College and is now a professor of political science and the director of human life studies at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. His twelve books include 
10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor, 
The Reformation 500 Years Later: 12 Things You Need to Know, and 
Worshipping the State: How Liberalism Became Our State Religion.

10 Books that Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

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