In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a

In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World

Common life in our society is in decline. Our communities are disintegrating, as the loss of meaningful work and the breakdown of the family leave us anxious and aloneâ€•indeed, half of all Americans report daily feelings of loneliness. Our public discourse is polarized and hateful. Ethnic minorities face systemic injustices and the ever-present fear of violence and deportation. Economic inequalities are widening. In this book, Jake Meador diagnoses our society's decline as the failure of a particular story we've told about ourselves: the story of modern liberalism. He shows us how that story has led to our collective loss of meaning, wonder, and good work, and then recovers each of these by grounding them in a different storyâ€•a story rooted in the deep tradition of the Christian faith. Our story doesn't have to end in loneliness and despair. There are reasons for hopeâ€•reasons grounded in a different, better story. In Search of the Common Good reclaims a vision of common life for our fractured times: a vision that doesn't depend on the destinies of our economies or our political institutions, but on our citizenship in a heavenly city. Only through that visionâ€•and that citizenshipâ€•can we truly work together for the common good.
Country USA
Brand IVP
Manufacturer IVP
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2019-06-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780830845545

In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World