The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity
Review Quotes: "A definitive account of the fruit born of secularism." --John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center and coauthor of A Practical Guide to Culture "Essential reading for everyone who cares about the human...
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Review Quotes: "We are made in God's image and likeness. It would be hard to find a more compelling, colorful, cogent exposition of this truth than the one provided by this book." -- Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop Emeritus of New York "The book is a cultural lament, but more than that." --Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor at Christ Covenant Church and associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary "Lucidly argued, The Desecration of Man offers rich material to thoughtful secularists and Christian believers alike." --Mary Harrington, author of Feminism Against Progress "This book is both sobering and hopeful, for it not only traces the problem but also proposes the best of all solutions." --Tim Challies, author of Seasons of Sorrow "One of the sharpest diagnosticians of our many cultural malaises offers us a searing analysis of a question that has long baffled secular humanism: Are we minds or machines?" --James Orr, associate professor of philosophy of religion at the University of Cambridge " The Desecration of Man is yet another Trueman tour de force." -- Christianity Today "A bold and incisive critique of modern sexual ethics." -- The Wall Street Journal "Vintage Trueman . . . clear-headed, exquisitely written, and profoundly learned." --First Things "Like Trueman's previous efforts, The Desecration of Man combines rigorous research with an easy style. In this sense it follows a classic C. S. Lewis recipe: serious scholarship, delivered in an appealing way, for a broad general audience. And his subject matter--the impact on our humanity of an intensely materialist culture--couldn't be more pressing." -- Public Discourse "Classic Trueman . . . yet another important contribution for our time." -- Front Porch Republic Biographical Note: Carl Trueman is a professor of biblical and theological studies at Grove City College, a visiting fellow at the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government at the University of Notre Dame, and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. An esteemed church historian, he is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self and Strange New World. Publisher Marketing: From the author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, an account of how the rejection of the imago Dei is unraveling Western culture and how we might recover what it means to be truly human As church attendance falls, suicide rates climb, and birth rates plummet, Christian pundits have suggested disenchantment and the loss of tradition are to blame for our spiritual malaise. But what if the problem is both much simpler and much more serious? In The Desecration of Man, Carl Trueman argues that modern man's crisis of meaning stems from a rejection of a simple fact--that he was made in the image of God. Unmoored from the basic moral fact that secures human dignity, we violently disrespect our own minds and bodies through abortion, pornography, casual sex, gender transitions, and more--and in this disrespect we blaspheme against God himself, with devastating practical and spiritual consequences. With gentle pastoral wisdom, deep insight into church history, and an impressive command of philosophical genealogies, The Desecration of Man speaks to those troubled by the spiritual sickness of our time and points toward consecration to a God who is alive and loving as a solution. The Early Church triumphed over Rome because it offered life in place of death. It is time for modern Christians to offer the same kind of vision. |
The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity
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