> Personally, I believe the Christian belief of Jesus being "theanthropos" (fully God and man) helped lead to the modern European ideals of human rights and eventual elimination of slavery.

Similarly one could also argue that this focus on human led to climate-change.

But seriously, this focus is older than Christianity. It is already in Genesis - where there are two versions of creation story. First where everything leads to man - here other animals are created first. Second where everything is created for man - here other animals are created after.