Culture Battles: …Right from the very beginning of the book, the reader is presented with a powerful question, or a series of questions: “What drives History? Politics? Economics? Might it be Culture— what men and women honor, cherish, and worship—isn’t that the most dynamic element in human affairs? The author moves on quickly to demonstrate the intersection between faith and reason and how these are at the core of some of the cultural differences and battles history has known.