• The Church WEIRD: How the Medieval Church Invented Modern Society

  • Mar 19 2024
  • Length: 40 mins
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The Church WEIRD: How the Medieval Church Invented Modern Society

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  • The latest episode of Controversies in Church History covers a curious topic and debate among academics. Why are modern Western societies so different from other civilizations? Why are they WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) when so much of the world is not? In this episode, we take a look at the thesis that the medieval Church's prohibitions on marriage paved the way for changes in social structure that account for the modern West's WEIRDness, and why the Church insisted on those prohibitions in the first place.
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