A review by timsin10
How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture by Francis A. Schaeffer

4.0

Schaeffer traces the history of Western philosophy, art, and theology from the Roman Empire to the 1970s when he wrote this book. I agree with much of his analysis, and he's proved prescient in some ways (e.g. he foresaw the current debate over euthanasia). Yet at times his analysis is so broad that it at best lacks nuance and at worst misrepresents certain ideas. The book is structured chronologically, and I think he does a better job with the 20th century thinkers; consequently, I liked the last half of the book much better. Overall good but doesn't have the scholarly rigor I had hoped or expected.