Trueman on the Modern Psychological Self

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 879 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Carl Trueman’s The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self - Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution hasn’t even been released, and—already—it’s the best-selling book of 2020! It is, at least, according to the hosts of this program. Yes, the author feels he’s found a pot of gold, and is buying that dream villa in Venice with the royalties. At the same time, co-host Todd feels privileged as he possesses an advanced copy of this treasure and believes he’ll be enjoying a free stay at his friend's Mediterranean estate. The runaway cultural train is gaining speed, and revolutionary changes that used to take decades to develop seem to be happening at a breakneck pace—especially, where matters of sexual identity are concerned. From Augustine to Rousseau and Marx, and from Descartes to Bruce Jenner, Carl Trueman traces the thoughts underlying the modern view of the self...helping us understand the present, and preparing us to navigate the days ahead. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self is available for pre-order. Visit Reformed Resources to place your order.

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0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by PNR Publishing.
0:03.3	Stay tuned at the end of the podcast to hear about Leland Reichen's highly anticipated new book,
0:08.4	40 favorite hymns for the Christian Year, available now at PRPBooks.com. Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt.
0:38.1	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:43.4	Let's join this week's conversation.
1:00.8	You know, You are listening to Mortification of Spin.
1:06.9	My name is Todd Pruitt, and I am joined, as always, by my co-host, Carl Truman.
1:28.7	Now, as a much-loved and influential member of big evangelicalism, I, of course, have in my hands an advanced reader copy of a new book by my co-host, Carl Truman.
1:36.0	It is an advanced reader copy because the actual book is not dropped yet, but being a much-loved and influential member of big evangelicalism, I have a copy earlier.
1:40.7	It's even stamped on front, advanced reader copy.
1:44.1	I cannot tell you, Carl, how important
1:47.5	this makes me feel, or rather how it affirms how important I actually am. And the title
1:55.1	of the book is The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Cultural Amnesia, Expressive individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl Trouman.
2:04.9	I also want to add this, Carl, before I actually get to you, that it is also stamped on my advanced reader copy, not for resale.
2:14.5	And I can tell you that's not just an instruction that is a metaphysical
2:19.1	reality I have not been able to give this thing away much less sell it and so I
2:25.0	still have it with me well I'm hoping that you buy a real copy when it gets
2:29.8	because frankly I need the royalty it's so well, I mean, some of us have known this book has been coming for a while because
2:39.6	you began doing the research on it several years ago.
2:44.4	And the only thing that's happened since then is the need to address this topic has
2:49.9	increased, it seems, exponentially.
2:52.1	We thought things were bad just a few years ago, but the need for good historical and
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