A quick glance at the latest headlines is evidence enough that we're living in a strange

new world.

Whether it's our culture's obsession with gender and sexuality, full-scale embrace of identity

politics, or addiction to the drumbeat of shallow self-help aphorisms, it's clear that

we're living in a post-Christian age that has largely lost its footing.

In our interview today, I'm talking with Carl Truman,

Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College,

and the author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.

In his newest book, Strange New World,

How thinkers and Activ redefined identity and sparked

the sexual revolution, Carl boils down his insights from the rise and triumph of the modern

self for a broader audience, exploring the history of Western thought and answering two simple

questions.

How did we get here and how should the church respond? Let's get

started. Carl, thank you so much for joining me again today on the Crossway podcast. It's a pleasure

to be here. Thanks having me on. So your new book is called Strange New World. And it's, I think, a really

perfect title for the topics that

you're seeking to address because I think it captures really effectively the feeling that

many of us have when we look at our culture today when we look at the headlines today

when we look at the controversies today things can feel very strange they can feel chaotic

and maybe confusing and so I want to get

into some of those dynamics, why that is. But first, the title is obviously a reference to Aldous

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