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The Way of the (Modern) World, or, Why it's Tempting to Live as If God Doesn't Exist

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Does God really matter for today's Christians? Craig Gay addresses this issue in his The Way of the (Modern) World: Or, Why It's Tempting to Live As If God Doesn't Exist. Gay takes a critical look at the modern world and exposes the foundational worldview of contemporary secular society and the ideas that undergird modern culture. Gay shows how, for Christians, one of the most seductive temptations fostered by these ideas is the temptation toward practical atheism-living as if God does not matter. Practical atheism has become so attractive that even some Christian churches have embraced it. In The Way of the (Modern) World Gay describes in detail the far-reaching consequences of practical atheism and what it will eventually mean for Christians. Yet Gay is not without hope for today's Christians. Arguing for the eviction of certain modern ideas from our churches, he shows that there is a biblically sound way to live in but not of the world.
Craig M. Gay is associate professor of interdisciplinary studies at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Churchman "An impressive and scholarly work . . . by a dedicated and analytically keen mind." Gregory Baum in Ecumenist "Here is an evangelical theologian who honours the social tradition. This is a book worth reading." Theology Today "Well-informed and theologically-thoughful analysis of our situation . . . A most serious and thoughtful study." University Bookman "The Way of the (Modern) World addresses a topic that is of paramount concern to those who believe in a transcendent reality. Even those who are not predisposed to evangelical Christianity or trinitarian orthodoxy will appreciate Gay's characterization of the modern secular ethos. . . Gay's study will prove invaluable to those perplexed by the phenomenon of modern secularism."
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