The 20th Century:Cold War, Human Rights, Technology &

Christian Renewal

Cold War(1945-1990)

Cold War

Communism Karl Marx (1818 – 1883)

Vladimir Lenin (1870 – 1924)

Communist Manifesto (1848) class struggles bourgeoisie (capitalists) v.

proletariat (industrial workers)

Democracy / Capitalism:limits to the abuse of power

Human Rights

Human Rights

• "... to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small..."

Human Rights

Magna Carta (1215)Declaration of Independence (1776)

Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States (1787)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

Lack of an enforcement mechanism

Technology

Technology

Technology

technological determinism

Christian Renewal

secularization

Karl Barth

Max Weber