The Right Hemisphere and Connection to Nature

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The right hemisphere constantly feels a sense of relationship, not just with other people, but also with nature. Despite the modern temptation to feel disconnected from the natural world, stepping outside often evokes a feeling of belonging as a small yet meaningful part of something grand and beautiful unfolding. This is in stark contrast to the detached approach of learning about nature, such as dissecting frogs in high school biology.

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