
Book Discussion - The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman
Not Overthinking
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Why Is It Important That Identity Is Publicly Acknowledged?
Psychological man requires changes in the culture and its institutions, practices and beliefs that affect everyone. They all need to adapt to reflect a therapeutic mentality that focuses on the psychological wellbeing of the individual. Outward institutions become in effect the servants of the individual and her sense of inner wellbeing. For such selves in such a world, institutions such as schools and churches are places where one goes to perform, not to be formed. You go there to perform yourself, to perform your authenticity. It comes from within, not from the outside.
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