Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity - Hardcover

Nancy R. Pearcey; Phillip E. Johnson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1581344589 ISBN 13: 9781581344585

Publisher: Crossway Books, 2004

Synopsis

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 this title

From the Author:

Readers who purchase the original version of Total Truth (instead of the new study guide edition) can download the study guide free of charge. The guide includes not only questions but also lots of fresh stories, examples, and illustrations. It is ideal for personal study, reading groups, and Sunday school classes.

About the Author:

Nancy Randolph Pearcey is the Francis A. Schaeffer scholar at the World Journalism Institute, where she teaches a worldview course based on the study guide edition of Total Truth. In 2005, Total Truth won an Award of Merit in the Christianity Today Book Awards and the prestigious ECPA Gold Medallion Award in its Christianity & Society category.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crossway Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1581344589
• ISBN 13: 9781581344585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 479