Does It Make Sense to Speak of Judeo-Christian Civilization? \u00bb First Thoughts | A First Things Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe reason we can speak of the former\u2013even though the Jews were persecuted and marginalized\u2013 is that the formative text for Western civilization has been the BIBLE.\u00a0 The Hebrew scriptures communicate a world view that, despite a whole array of religious differences, has become authoritative for Jews, Christians, and even (though they won\u2019t admit it) secularists.<\/p>\n
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Some people are objecting to the notion that we have a \u201cJudeo-Christian\u201d civilization, arguing instead that what we have is an \u201cIslamo-Christian\u201d civilization.\u00a0 See Does It Make Sense to Speak of Judeo-Christian Civilization? \u00bb First Thoughts | A First Things Blog. The reason we can speak of the former\u2013even though the Jews were persecuted and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12,24],"tags":[4341,614,4346],"class_list":["post-13086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-culture","category-islam","tag-bible","tag-cultural-influence","tag-islam"],"yoast_head":"\n
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