257. India, Europe and the Biblical Revolution | Vishal Mangalwadi & Jordan Peterson

This episode was recorded on April 28th, 2022. Vishal Mangalwadi and I discuss the history of India and the role the Bible played in shaping it as a country. We explore the influence of missionaries, India's caste system, power, the impact of the British empire on slavery, widow burning and infanticide, the revolutionary nature of the distribution of the Bible, and more. Vishal Mangalwadi is a social reformer, political columnist, Indian Christian philosopher, writer, and lecturer. He is the author of 20 books, including The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization. —Links—  Follow Vishal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mangalwadi_v Revelation Movement: https://revelationmovement.com Third Education Revolution: https://thirdeducationrevolution.com —Chapters—  0:00 — Intro 3:18 — Benefits of Christianity 7:25 — The Parable of The Blind Men & the Elephant  8:46 — The Vedas, Quran, and the Bible 13:53 — A Biblical Perspective 19:27 — Truth in the Bible 22:01 — Origins of Language 25:29 — Enlightenment & Revolutionary Effect of the Bible's Distribution  28:52 — Natural Right 31:53 — The Rule of Law 38:56 — History of India 44:35 — Consequences of the Mughal Empire  49:00 — Caste System, Karma, Non-Evident Equality  52:40 — The Doctrine of Human Equality & Translating the Bible 55:35 — Missionaries in India 58:32 — Exploitation, Slavery, Power 1:01:14 — Conscience & the Soul 1:07:26 — Missionaries as Educators  1:09:15 — The British Empire vs. Slavery 1:17:12 — Language as Discriminatation 1:21:07 — English & Indian Vernacular 1:25:20 — Widow Burning & Infanticide 1:36:20 — Effects of the Biblical Revolution  1:45:11 — Outro   #Bible #India #Language #Slavery #British Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices