Conclusion: Carl R. Trueman -- Introduction: Whence atheism? Whither God? -- Desire of the nations in an age of pluralism. Modern atheism as a technocultural phenomenon I: correlation -- Modern atheism as a technocultural phenomenon II: Causation -- Orthodox Protestantism in a world come of age -- Conclusion: Desire of the nations in an age of pluralism.
Summary:
"How modernity creates atheists--and what the church must do about it. Millions of people in the West identify as atheists. Christians often respond to this reality with proofs of God's existence, as though rational arguments for atheism were the root cause of unbelief. In Bulwarks of Unbelief, Joseph Minich argues that a felt absence of God, as experienced by the modern individual, offers a better explanation for the rise in atheism. Recent technological and cultural shifts in the modern West have produced a perceived challenge to God's existence. As modern technoculture reshapes our awareness of reality and belief in the invisible, it in turn amplifies God's apparent silence. In this new context, atheism is a natural result. And absent of meaning from without, we have turned within. Christians cannot escape this aspect of modern life. Minich argues that we must consciously and actively return to reality. If we reattune ourselves to God's story, reintegrate the whole person, and reinhabit the world, faith can thrive in this age of unbelief.
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