Total Truth

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Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity

Description of Total Truth:

Does God belong in the public arena of politics, business, law, and education? Or is religion a private matter only--personally comforting but publicly irrelevant? In today's cultural etiquette, it is not considered polite to mix public and private, or sacred and secular. This division is the single most potent force keeping Christianity contained in the private sphere--stripping it of its power to challenge and redeem the whole of culture. In Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey offers a razor-sharp analysis of the public/private split, explaining how it hamstrings our efforts at both personal and cultural renewal. Ultimately it reflects a division in the concept of truth itself, which functions as a gatekeeper, ruling Christian principles out of bounds in the public arena. How can we unify our fragmented lives and recover spiritual power? With examples from the lives of real people, past and present, Pearcey teaches readers how to liberate Christianity from its cultural captivity. She walks readers through practical, hands-on steps for crafting a full-orbed Christian worldview. Finally, she makes a passionate case that Christianity is not just religious truth but truth about total reality. It is Total Truth.

About Nancy R. Pearcey:

Nancy Randolph Pearcey is the Francis A. Schaeffer scholar at the World Journalism Institute, where she teaches a worldview curriculum. After earning an M.A. from Covenant Theological Seminary, she pursued further graduate work in philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. Currently she serves as a Visiting Scholar at the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University, and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute. Pearcey has authored or contributed to several works, including the ECPA Gold Medallion winner How Now Shall We Live?.

Description of Nancy R. Pearcey, author of Total Truth:

In college, Pearcey studied under Francis Schaeffer in the Swiss Alps. Descending to the "real world," she began applying a Christian worldview to life in postmodern, post-Christian America. Now she challenges 21st-century believers to overcome our cultural double-mindedness---and learn to "think Christianly" about secular topics including politics, business, Darwinism, feminism, and materialism. 480 pages, hardcover from Crossway Books.