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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

By: Carl R. Trueman
Narrated by: Carl R. Trueman, Rod Dreher
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Modern culture is obsessed with identity.

Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends — yet no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of the self.

In this timely audiobook, Carl Trueman analyzes the development of the sexual revolution as a symptom — rather than the cause — of the human search for identity. Trueman surveys the past, brings clarity to the present, and gives guidance for the future as Christians navigate the culture in humanity’s ever-changing quest for identity.

©2020 Carl R. Trueman (P)2020 Crossway Christian Living Christianity Religious Studies Socialism Capitalism Liberalism Discrimination Morality Modern Self
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This is an insightful and eloquently written examination of western society in the post modern and post religious age. It explores the elevation of individualism at the expense of collectivism and the manner in which this has lead to the insidious, terminal decline of western society. The narration is clear and well delivered and despite the weighty content it is never dull.

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This amazing book was engaging, educational and enlightening. Well framed and thought through argumentation

A thoroughly engaging book from start to finish

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Must read if you struggle to understand the new generations. God I am old to write this. Hehe

I didn’t know a Christian had so much to teach me about the contemporary society!!!

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I was weighing up whether to read The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self or Car Truman’s more popular level book Strange Beware World. I am very glad that I chose this one. The author’s depth of understanding about the thinkers whose ideas have gradually impacted our modern minds and culture without us even knowing about them is remarkable. I found the case he builds compelling but also sobering especially in the charge that we have all been part of this in some way. His final chapter is a call to the church not to just bemoan where we are and not to just play into the same expressive rhetoric but to consider thoughtfully how we can faithfully hold to a very different concept of reality in the midst of a culture where that may cause us to be considered evil.

Insightful and thought provoking

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Coherent. Worth another listen, at least. Ordered the book to study in detail. Recommended. If only to understand the origins of current identity politics, and the principles that religion must embrace in what has become a corrosive, identity driven context.

Brave, lucid and needed.

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