Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
Study Guide Edition
Nancy R. Pearcey
foreword by
Phillip E. Johnson
wheaton, illinois
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity (Study Guide Edition)
Copyright © 2004, 2005 by Nancy R. Pearcey
Published by Crossway Books,
a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers
1300 Crescent Street
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
First edition 2004
Study Guide edition 2005
Published in association with Yates & Yates, LLP, Attorneys and Counselors, Orange, California.
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First printing 2004
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the EVS® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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ISBN 978-1-4335-0220-8
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pearcey, Nancy.
Total truth: liberating Christianity from its cultural captivity / Nancy R. Pearcey; foreword by Phillip E. Johnson. Study guide ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 13: 978-1-58134-746-3
ISBN 10: 1-58134-746-4 (hc: alk. paper)
1. Christianity-Philosophy. 2. Apologetics. 3. Christian life. 4. History-Religious aspects-Christianity. 5. History-Philosophy.
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Foreword by Phillip E. Johnson
Politics Is Not Enough • Losing Our Children • Heart Versus Brain • Just a Power Grab? • Mental Maps • Not Just Academic • Worldview Training • Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Breaking Out of the Grid
Divided Minds • Bible School Drop-Outs • Subtle Temptation • Enlightenment Idol • Two Cities • Absolutely Divine • Aristotle’s Screwdriver • Biblical Toolbox • Read the Directions • Born to Grow Up • A Personal Odyssey • Manifesto of Unbelief • Like a Swiss Farmer • God Wins • Scolds and Scalawags • In Love With Creativity • Christian Philosophers Out of the Closet • Religion: Good for Your Health • Benevolent Empire
Sealy’s Secret • Capitol Hill Guilt • Becoming Bilingual • The Faith Gap • Disconnected Devotion • Christian Schizophrenia • Why Plato Matters • That Rascal Augustine • Aristotle and Aquinas • Fluffs of Grace • The Reformers Rebel • Escape from Dualism • Creation: God’s Fingerprints All Over • Fall: Where to Draw the Line • Redemption: After the Great Divorce • Christianity Out of Balance • More Than Sinners • God’s Offspring • Jars ...
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About Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity
"This book continues the Schaeffer-inspired project that Nancy Pearcey and Chuck Colson began in How Now Shall We Live?-awakening evangelical Christians to the need for a Christian 'worldview,' which Pearcey defines as 'a biblically informed perspective on all reality.' This is the rare long book that leaves one wanting to read more."
"On one level, this book is a lucid, easy-to-understand manual for worldview thinking. But it also breaks new ground in worldview analysis."
"Pearcey is an outstanding writer with the ability not only to express deep thoughts in a very readable way, but one who also understands a biblically reformed world and life view. If you buy only one book this year, this would be at the top of the list."
"Pearcey helps readers see how many modern Christians unwittingly accept a sacred/secular split, which allows them to relegate faith to the private sphere of life. She then clearly puts forth a Scriptural picture of integrating all of life under the liberating Lordship of Christ and shows what that truth means for the areas of public policy, family life, science, business, law, education, and more."
"Total Truth questions the modern American cultural attitude of keeping religion a private matter, claiming that Christianity's truth is best served by being brought into the public sphere to maximize its influence."
"Thoroughly researched, well-written and well-argued, Total Truth will prove to be a useful and easily accessible guidebook for many who seek to develop a comprehensive biblical worldview that affects not only beliefs but actions." How can you liberate Christianity from its cultural captivity? In this superbly crafted cultural analysis, a noted author passionately argues that Christianity is truth about all reality, not just religious truth, and that to keep it privatized is stripping it of the power to challenge and redeem the whole of culture. |
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