Progress Plot Lines

In this engagement with Peter Harrison's Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age, Perez emphasizes that the values driving social progress are rooted in a Christian cosmology, thus prompting a reconsideration of the impact of Christian theology on the development of Western biopolitical frameworks and the eugenics movement. Central to this discourse is the assertion that Western naturalism and the commitment to progress reflect a historical lineage deriving from Protestant thought, prompting critical questions about the implications and ethical considerations of these ideologies in contemporary social contexts.