Publisher's Description

How did faith go from assumed to assaulted?

Probably no book published in the last decade has been so ambitious as Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age. He seeks nothing less than to account for the spread of secularism and decline of faith in the last 500 years.

Now a remarkable roster of writers—including Carl Trueman, Michael Horton, and Jen Pollock Michel—considers Taylor’s insights for the church’s life and mission, covering everything from healthcare to liturgy to pop culture and politics.

Nothing is easy about faith today. But endurance produces character, and character produces hope, even in our secular age.

Table of Contents

Chapter
1. Hope in Our Secular Age By Collin Hansen
2. Taylor’s Complex, Incomplete Historical Narrative By Carl Trueman
3. The Enduring Power of the Christian Story By Michael Horton
4. Preaching to the Secular Age By John Starke
5. Millennial Belief in the Super-nova By Derek Rishmawy
6. Liturgical Piety By Alastair Roberts
7. Church Shopping with Charles Taylor By Brett McCracken
8. Politics and Public Life in a Secular Age By Bruce Riley Ashford
9. Free Faith By Greg Forster
10. Whose Will Be Done? Human Flourishing in the Secular Age By Jen Pollock Michel
11. The Healing Power of Bodily Presence By Bob Cutillo
12. The Disruptive Witness of Art By Alan Noble
13. Piercing the Immanent Frame with an Ultralight Beam By Mike Cosper