The Hunger for God in Western Culture

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An exploration of how modernity has suppressed the hunger for God through a deterministic and separating mindset, and how science and changing material conditions may lead to a greater dissatisfaction with this mindset. The chapter also discusses the need for a proper understanding of the Christian tradition and the interconnectedness of all things, using the doctrine of the Trinity as an example.

The dominant narrative is that Western culture is headed for ever greater levels of atheism, agnosticism, or at least departure from belief in the Christian God. Andy Crouch returns from his sabbatical to question this narrative. He points out that the dominant secular worldview of the West - deterministic, rationalistic, and reductionist - is starting to run on empty. Can this lead to a greater hunger for the Christian God? Curtis and Andy examine what Christians would need to do to meet this hunger, including reexamining our own understanding of the Gospel itself.

The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World by Ian McGilchrist

At the Origins of Modern Atheism by Michael J. Buckley

The One, the Three, and the Many: God, Creation, and the Culture of Modernity by Colin Gunton