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The evolution of liberal capitalist democracy -- Classical liberalism and the early industrial economy -- Reform liberalism and the late industrial economy -- Neoclassical liberalism and the postindustrial economy -- The crisis of liberal capitalist democracy -- Society before Christianity : the ancient pagan world -- Morality before Christianity : classical Greek rationalism -- The cosmological and anthropological revolution of the biblical narrative -- The origins of the modern crisis in Christianity's political failure -- Contemporary responses to the modern crisis -- Constructing Christian community I : speech and the human place -- Constructing Christian community II : physical place, work, and death -- Conclusion : Christianity, technology, and human destiny