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In Rejecting God, Leftism Renders Us Less Human

Carl Trueman’s latest book, The Desecration of Man, offers a powerful diagnosis of what’s wrong with our culture. Can religious faith pull us back from the brink?

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What unites queer theorists, LGBT radicals, BLM activists, and supporters of terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah? It’s an oddly relevant question, given that these seemingly disparate groups have in recent times served as strange bedfellows. According to theologian and popular philosopher Carl R. Trueman, the answer can be summarized in one word: desecration. All of those disparate groups, writes Trueman in his excellent new book, The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades our Humanity, share “the desire to overthrow what is and to demolish what previous generations considered authoritative, even sacred,” whether that be political, cultural, or religious.

“Our world is not characterized by a disillusioned indifference to values originally grounded in religious faith,” writes Trueman. “Rather, it often seems to revel in an ecstatic destruction of all that was once considered sacred.” Our contemporary culture “glories in transgression, and transgression is exhilarating.” Desecration, per Trueman, is “the denial of sacred boundaries, the profanation of all that is holy.” It is a “cultural pathology” that gives us a sense of being god-like, “the creators of our own meanings and our own selves.” In a biblical context, it is the sin of Adam.

As he summarizes in an excellent introduction that tells the reader precisely what he plans to argue, Trueman charts this desecration across seven chapters that cover, among other things,  sexuality, artificial reproduction, and death. Those familiar with Trueman’s insightful analysis — which always exhibits an admirable respect for his intellectual adversaries — will not be disappointed.

Desecration in Action

What is man? It’s a question every civilization must answer. Our increasingly post-religious one, Trueman observes,........

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