How has Christianity Changed the World? Supporting articles.

October 12th, at Adventure Christian Church in Roseville, CA, I am debating Dr. Phil Zuckerman, professor of sociology at Pitzer College in southern California, on the question, "Does Christianity or Secular Humanism provide a better basis for Civil Society?"  Here are some articles, both on this site and elsewhere, that support my claim that Christianity best achieves this goal. 

Local: 

"How Christ Liberates Humanity: 123 Proof Texts." 

"How Missions, not Enlightenment, creates Democracy" 

"How John Ross Transformed Korea" 

"Ko Thah Byu: Murderer and Apostle to the Karen"

"Why are Americans Scientifically Precocious?" 

"Abolition of Slavery: The Early Years."

"Why Does Brian Blais Oppose Slavery?" 

"The Face of Norwegian Christianity: Tale of Two Activists"

"Did Christianity Cause the Holocaust?"

"Why Secular Humanists Should Celebrate Christmas!"

"Hector Avalos Does Violence to the Crusades"

"Was Adolf Hitler a Christian?  JP Holding Answers Questions." 

"How Jesus Liberates Women Preview: The Challenge"

"How Jesus Liberates Women I:  The Proof?"

"How Jesus Liberates Women II: My Story"

"How  Jesus Liberates Women III: An International Survey"

"How Jesus Liberates Women IV: The Story"

"How Jesus Liberates Women V: The Gospels"

"How Jesus Liberates Women VI: 10 Lamest Rebuttals"

"How Jesus Liberates Women VII: Acts of the Apostles" 

"America's War on Children." 

"PZ Myers: Guru of Hate"

"Will AtheismReplace Religion?" 

Off-site: 

Paul Davies (on the Origins of Science): "Templeton Prize Address"

Tim O'Neil (on the rationality of Medieval Christianity): "The Dark Age Myth: An Atheist Reviews 'God's Philosophers'"

Robert Woodberry: “The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy”   

Jenny Gibbons: "Recent Developments in the Study of the Great European Witch-hunt"

David Marshall, in Books and Culture: "How the Brothers Grimm Overthrew the Evil Empire!"

Patrick Fagan, surveying studies that show that "religion" has a powerful positive effect on social and mental health, emphasizing the family: 
http://www.heritage.org/...

A review of Melanie Kirkpatrick's excellent Escape from North Korea, highlighting the role Chinese Christians play in expediting those escapes: 
http://www.patheos.com/.../

 
Tim Stafford, an overview of Christianity and the American Abolition Movement: 

http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1992/issue33/3321.html 

My interviews with Allan Chapman, Rodney Stark, Don Richardson, and Michael Behe.