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Is Progress Speeding Up

Multiplying Multitudes of Blessings

By: John Marks Templeton (Contribution by)

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Hardcover | 12 November 1997

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This book is a handbook for optimists. It is a thought-provoking documentation of the progress of the condition of human beings in the last century. In spite of the constant negative reports we hear, people are, in fact, better fed, better clothed, better housed, and better educated than at any previous time in history. The author draws from a wide variety of sources to support this optimism. The book covers such aspects of modern life as our health, living standards, political and economic freedoms, educational facilities, communications, increased leisure, and our ability to get along with one another and our Creator.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Social Forecasting History General & World History Religion & Beliefs Christianity Christian Spirituality & Religious Experience Philosophy History of Western Philosophy Western Philosophy

Sociology & Anthropology

Introduction	p. 1
How We Live	p. 15
Food	p. 31
Health and Life Expectancy	p. 49
Working Conditions	p. 69
Technology	p. 87
Political Freedom	p. 111
Economic Freedom	p. 127
Education	p. 147
Information and Communications	p. 167
Transportation	p. 185
Leisure	p. 193
The Environment	p. 211
Getting Along	p. 229
The Spirit	p. 243
The Future	p. 259
Bibliography	p. 267
Acknowledgments	p. 271
Index	p. 275
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