Status Updates From Four Cultures of the West

The book begins with a mountain of disclaimers: these are not "cultures" in the familiar sense; they defy easy characterization; they are by no means an exhaustive set. But having climbed the mountain and descended the other side, I do find them useful, and I find his history of (mostly Church) cultural evolution over the last two millennia to be a bit clearer for being viewed through this quad-ocular instrument.

As the fruits of a lifetime of taxonomization, it’s nice enough, but what does it mean to me?