How did we get here? How 1776 culturally and intellectually shaped the post-Christian West - with Archie Poulos

Wisdom for pastors seeking to preach and lead well in a post-Christian age. So much of our culture judges events in isolation — a single moment, a single failure, a single decision — detached from what led to it and what flows from it. But history doesn’t work like that. Events emerge from long trajectories, and they reshape the future in ways no one fully controls or intends. We’re joined by Archie Poulos, Head of the Ministry Department at Moore Theological College, to reflect on Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West by Andrew Wilson. Wilson’s argument isn’t that everything changed overnight in 1776, but that the events clustered around that year give us a window into the forces that have shaped the WEIRDER world we now inhabit — Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, Democratic, Ex-Christian and Romantic. We explore why reading history as an ecosystem rather than isolated episodes matters, why Romanticism isn’t just a past movement but our present operating system, and how Christian faith — offers a deeper, more hopeful way to understand our moment. The Church Co is a website and app platform built specifically for churches. Advertise on The Pastor's Heart To advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsor Support the show

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How did we get here? How 1776 culturally and intellectually shaped the post-Christian West - with Archie Poulos is an episode from The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele by Dominic Steele.

This episode is 25:51 long.

This episode was published on Jan 27, 2026.

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