How Should We Then Live?

10.0

1977•28m

Documentary

Dr. Francis Schaeffer's series on the rise and decline of Western culture from a Christian perspective.

Trailers & Videos

How Should We Then Live? (1977) | Trailer | Francis Schaeffer | Edith Schaeffer | John Gonser

Seasons

10 Episodes • Premiered 1977

This is Dr. Francis Schaeffer's spectacular series on the rise and decline of Western culture from a Christian perspective. The series presents profound truths in simple language and concludes that man's only hope is a return to God's Biblical absolute - the Truth revealed in Christ through the Scriptures. Each 30-minute episode focuses on a significant era of history while presenting answers to modern problems.

1. The Roman Age

Dr. Schaeffer studies ancient Rome and the problem of finite gods as the basis of society.

2. The Middle Ages

Join Dr. Schaeffer in the continuation of the series with episode 2: The Middle Ages as a Post-Roman world with Christian influence and negative impact of theological distortions.

3. The Renaissance

Dr. Schaeffer looks at the problem with humanism's logical outworkings in episode 3: The Renaissance.

4. The Reformation

The Reformation studies the reaction against medieval religious distortions of the biblical and early Christian Church's teaching. Dr. Schaeffer hosts.

5. The Revolutionary Age

Join Dr. Schaeffer in episode 5: The Revolutionary age as he compares politics formed on a Christian foundation to those divorced from Christianity.

6. The Scientific Age

Dr. Schaeffer reviews the biblical influence on science and and the shift in modernity in episode 6: The Scientific Age.

7. The Age of Non-Reason

Dr. Schaeffer hosts and looks at shifts in modern philosophy, the influence of existentialism and the popularization of nonrational experiences in episode 7: The Age of Non-Reason.

8. The Age of Fragmentation

Join Dr. Schaeffer in episode 8: The Age of Fragmentation as he reviews how art, music, and culture depict a philosophical assent of inconsistency, confusion, and absurdity.