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What if digital technologies and upward mobility have displaced and isolated us because we find their moral demands on our relationships much easier than the demands of true civility? What if the path to a more humane, more real, and spiritually healthier culture is the path toward self-denying, other-preferring practices of Christian civility? Read More
Christians are not the only ones who practiced civility in Western culture.Indeed the disappearance of civility may be an indicator of the erosion of Western culture. Asian cultures have historically placed a high value upon harmonious relations betweeb all levels of society. As I am learning in my Japanese language class, the language itself of an Asian nation may reinforce such values. On the other hand, contemporary English, the English of everyday speech, no longer reinforces civility. This may be in part due to the language of social groupings that placed less value on civility having displaced the language of social groupings that did value civility. The language of what might bedescribed as the lower echelons of our society has become mainstream and those echelons do not value civility but the opposite--coarseness and rudeness. The declining influence of Christianity with its emphasis on showing respect for others in our culture may partially account for this development. The language of the street has displaced the language of the drawing room and the Sunday School class. One might describe it as the "barbarianization" of the language. It may itself be an indicator of the decline of Western culture.The Most Powerful Factor in Determining Belief [Podcast]
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