Description
Carl R. Trueman, whose book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self traced the intellectual and cultural journey that led to the absolutization of the individual, now turns his attention to a deeper consequence of this development: the exalted modern self, having rejected the sacred, has ultimately lost its own dignity and become a replaceable object.
The social vision underlying modern secularization has not only sought to remove God from public life, but in doing so has also denied humanity’s likeness to God. Yet rather than elevating humanity to God’s place—a position it cannot truly occupy—it has instead desacralized human beings along with the rest of the created order.
In this latest work to appear in Hungarian, Trueman offers both a penetrating diagnosis of contemporary culture and a thought-provoking call to reconsider the foundations upon which our understanding of human nature, freedom, and dignity rests—before these concepts are emptied of their meaning altogether.
About the Author
Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College, Pennsylvania, and a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is an accomplished church historian and the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Strange New World and Histories and Fallacies. He is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
