James Davison Hunter is the UVA sociologist who gave us the phrase "culture wars" in 1991. Dad said no other thinker had taught him more about how culture is changed.
I finished it after he died and have wondered since whether it kept faith with what he saw. Hunter's sentence helps.
The book comes out Tuesday, September 22. We talk about what is right in each story, where each one breaks, and what these stories might all point to.
Take a look at episode 2 of Silicon Spiritualities.
In this episode Michael Keller joined Chris Watkin to explore what AI can do for us, what it can never do, and why this cultural moment is forcing us to ask afresh what it really means to be human.
Listen and subscribe:
thegospelcoalition.org/podca…
This came out a few days ago. I argue that AI did not cause our modern identity problems, but it is speeding up the effects. thegospelcoalition.org/artic…
Before Tim Keller passed, he put in a lot of work on this missiological hole.
He put a label to this supermarket theology. Tim called them:
CULTURAL NARRATIVES
I should probably let everyone know I've been working on this for a while. Before my father passed, we began working together on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑊𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐵𝑦. Finishing it has been both meaningful and challenging. It comes out later this year. amzn.to/3YtbKio
Wonderful to be part of The Gospel Coalition regional chapter launch in Nashville today; grateful for this fellowship of pastors. Michael Keller gave a very engaging presentation on cultural narratives. Good day.
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So I know I don't post much, but after 317 pages my PhD dissertation is finished, been accepted, and I defend in early November at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. It has been many years, but I'm proud it's done.