Saving truth : finding meaning and clarity in a post-truth world / Abdu Murray.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 245 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780310562047
- 031056204X
- 9780310599838
- 0310599830
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
How can Christians defend truth and clarity to a world that rejects both
Increasingly, Western culture embraces confusion as a virtue and decries certainty as a sin. Those who are confused about sexuality and identity are viewed as heroes. Those who are confused about morality are progressive pioneers. Those who are confused about spirituality are praised as tolerant.
Conversely, those who express certainty about any of these issues are seen as bigoted, oppressive, arrogant, or intolerant. This cultural phenomenon led the compilers of the Oxford English Dictionary to name "post-truth" their word of the year in 2016. It's popularity and relevance has only increased since then.
By accurately describing the Culture of Confusion and how it has affected our society, author Abdu Murray seeks to awaken Westerners to the plight we find ourselves in. He also challenges Christians to consider how they have played a part in fostering the Culture of Confusion through bad arguments, unwise labeling, and emotional attacks.
Ultimately, Saving Truth provides arguments from a Christian perspective for the foundations of truth and how those foundations impart clarity to the biggest topics of human existence:
Freedom. Human dignity. Sexuality, Gender, and Identity. Science and Faith. Religious pluralism and Morality.For those enmeshed in the culture of confusion, Saving Truth offers a way to untangle oneself and find hope in the clarity that Christ offers.
Includes bibliographical references.
The blossoming of the culture of confusion -- Confusion and the church: seductions of a post-truth mindset -- Confusion's consequences, getting freedom wrong -- Clarity about freedom -- Clarity about human dignity -- Clarity about sexuality, gender, and identity -- Clarity about science and faith -- Clarity about religious pluralism -- The son through fog: clarity's hope.
When it comes to sexuality, identity, and morality, feelings and preferences have replaced facts and truth. Those who are confused or ambivalent about such issues are praised as tolerant. Those who express certainty are seen as bigoted, oppressive, or arrogant. Author Abdu Murray awakens westerners to the plight we find ourselves in. Yet he doesn't leave us there in the land of confusion. After accurately describing the plunge our culture is taking, Murray clearly outlines how we can identify and critique the problems that come from abandoning truth. He then demonstrates real-world ways to accurately and compassionately offer gospel clarity to change the direction of our culture. Murray argues from a Christian perspective for the foundations of truth, but he also challenges Christians to consider how they have played a part in fostering a culture of confusion through bad arguments, unwise labeling, and emotional attacks. Ultimately, Murray guides us back to a path of truth that can only be discovered within the unwavering word of God and to a bedrock of hope that can only be realized through the clarity Christ offers.