Why Every Society Needs Faith
Avent’s ‘In Good Faith’ achieves something genuinely difficult: a synthetic account of human belief, cultural evolution, and social meaning that takes religion seriously without being religious.
Avent’s ‘In Good Faith’ achieves something genuinely difficult: a synthetic account of human belief, cultural evolution, and social meaning that takes religion seriously without being religious.
As the West collapses into the competing and unstable mythologies of post-Christian progressivism and antiwoke reaction, Christianity offers shelter in the storm.
In the secular West, our biggest hindrance is the lack of perceived or felt need by our neighbors—the lack of an imminent threat that wakes them up from secular slumber.
Considering the story of secularism—and resilient Christianity—helps us pass down a robust, durable faith to the next generation.
Many Christians perceive science as a threat to biblical faith. They are mistaken. Scientism is the real threat, not science.