The Sexual Reformation: How the West Unmade Itself

For centuries, Western civilization built its identity upon a Christian moral vision — imperfect, but bound to transcendent truth. That foundation is now fractured. What began as a quest for freedom has become a crusade against restraint, leaving a culture unmoored from God and unsure of itself.

In The Sexual Reformation: How the West Unmade Itself, Patrick Shay Beard traces the dramatic shift from a society shaped by Scripture to one driven by expressive individualism. From the postwar optimism of the 1950s to the sexual revolution, from the collapse of mainline denominations to the rise of political religion and consumer Christianity — this book asks the uncomfortable question:

What happens when love is severed from holiness, and grace is made cheap?

Yet, this is not a eulogy for the West. Across the world — and within a faithful remnant at home — the Church is rediscovering costly grace, covenant belonging, and the transforming power of Christ.

Civilizations rise and fall.
But the Gospel still saves.
And the Kingdom endures.