Few ideas have changed our world more profoundly than this one.
Equality, freedom, human rights: ideals beloved by the modern West. But history shows that these truths are by no means self-evident. Where did they come from?
Judaism and Christianity introduced to the world the counter-intuitive idea that every person matters – every person is made “in the image of God”.
From infanticide in the ancient world to the slave plantations of “Christian” America to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, we trace the story of how this idea of human value took hold in the West … and some of the church’s dramatic failures to live up to it.
Few ideas have changed our world more profoundly than this one.
We head to George Washington’s house for a concrete take on a big philosophical concept.
What happened when Christians started acting like every person was made in God’s image?
Can we be good without God?
The secret history of a cherished concept.
How the Bible was used to support a system of profound oppression and dehumanisation.
William Wilberforce’s campaign to abolish the slave trade changed the course of history.
The idea that everyone should be able to read the Bible had a huge impact on our world.
