Synopses & Reviews
This book continues the Schaeffer-inspired project that NancyPearcey and Chuck Colson began in How Now Shall WeLive?-awakening evangelical Christians to the need for aChristian 'worldview, ' which Pearcey defines as 'a biblicallyinformed perspective on all reality.' This is the rare long bookthat leaves one wanting to read more.
-Publishers Weekly
On one level, this book is a lucid, easy-to-understand manualfor worldview thinking. But it also breaks new ground in worldviewanalysis.
-World Magazine
Pearcey is an outstanding writer with the ability not only toexpress deep thoughts in a very readable way, but one who alsounderstands a biblically reformed world and life view. If you buyonly one book this year, this would be at the top of the list.
-Equip for Ministry
Pearcey helps readers see how many modern Christiansunwittingly accept a sacred/secular split, which allows them torelegate faith to the private sphere of life. She then clearly putsforth a Scriptural picture of integrating all of life under theliberating Lordship of Christ and shows what that truth means forthe areas of public policy, family life, science, business, law, education, and more.
-Covenant Magazine
Total Truth questions the modern American culturalattitude of keeping religion a private matter, claiming thatChristianity's truth is best served by being brought into thepublic sphere to maximize its influence.
-Midwest Book Review
Thoroughly researched, well-written and well-argued, Total Truth will prove to be a useful and easilyaccessible guidebook for many who seek to develop a comprehensivebiblical worldview that affects not only beliefs but actions.
-CaliforniaRepublic.org
How can you liberate Christianity from its cultural captivity?In this superbly crafted cultural analysis, a noted authorpassionately argues that Christianity is truth about all reality, not just religious truth, and that to keep it privatized isstripping it of the power to challenge and redeem the whole ofculture.
Synopsis
Does God belong in the public arena of politics, business, law, and education? Or is religion a private matter only--personally comforting but publicly irrelevant? In today's cultural etiquette, it is not considered polite to mix public and private, or sacred and secular. This division is the single most potent force keeping Christianity contained in the private sphere--stripping it of its power to challenge and redeem the whole of culture. With examples from the lives of real people past and present, Nancy Pearcey shows readers how to liberate Christianity from its cultural captivity. She walks readers through practical, hands-on steps for crafting a full-orbed Christian worldview, making a passionate case that Christianity is not just religious truth but truth about total reality. Includes a study guide by the author.
Synopsis
Does God belong in the public arena, or is religion solely a private matter? Pearcey makes a passionate case that Christianity is not just religious truth, but truth about all reality. (Practical Life)