The Book That Made Your World | Vishal Mangalwadi

John and Vishal Mangalwadi take a deep dive into how the Bible has shaped the world today, through the lens of the British Empire in India. Vishal explains how key ideas we now take for granted, such as democracy and human rights, explicitly derive from the Bible. Vishal draws out the political implications of the Bible, from God’s commands to Israel to Jesus’s teaching to love our neighbour as ourselves, which had such an impact on the formation of modern, democratic India.

Vishal Mangalwadi is an Indian philosopher and social reformer who has written several popular books on the Bible’s seismic influence. Alongside thinkers such as Jordan Peterson and Tom Holland (author of Dominion), Vishal is reclaiming the importance of a book many people today consider outdated and irrelevant.

Vishal has lectured in over 40 countries, published seventeen books (including The Book That Made Your World), and contributed to many more. As a student, comparing Christianity to religions such as Hinduism, Vishal found only one story made sense of the world, and that was the story where “God has revealed Truth in his Word and works”. Since then, he dedicated his life to a blend of study, charity work, public speaking and church support, in both India and America.

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00:00 Introduction
00:33 Introducing Vishal Mangalwadi
1:15 Biblical Ethics in India
8:20 The Bible and Nationhood
17:30 Hinduism Weakened India
23:06 The British Arrive in India
28:23 The Bible is Political
36:45 India's Christian Institutions
47:48 The Post-Christian West
57:05 The Bible Makes Sense of the World
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