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Unriddling Our Times: Reflections on the Gathering Cultural Crisis
 
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Unriddling Our Times: Reflections on the Gathering Cultural Crisis [Paperback]

Os Guinness (Editor)
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September 1999
Events in Washington over the past year alone make it difficult for thinking Christians to deny that there is a crisis of truth in our nation. Character has become unimportant. Personality has taken its place. How can the people of God resist being swept under by the mounting waves of relativism?

Unriddling Our Times: Reflections on the Gathering Cultural Crisis, edited by Os Guinness, reaches to the heart of the problem by presenting short selections that illustrate the need to listen to the voices of prophets who warn of our impending moral drowning.

An excerpt from a German novel portrays a brave sixteenth-century Spanish monk who challenges his king.

An intimate portrait of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn shows how he became a twentieth-century apostle of truth.

A chilling 1948 short story and contemporary reflections on it point vividly to the danger of amorality facing our nation.

Anyone concerned about the erosion of truth in our culture will find insight and courage from these prophetic voices from the past.



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About the Author

Os Guinness is senior fellow with the Trinity Forum and the author of many books, including The American Hour and Fit Bodies, Fat Minds. He is also editor of Character Counts and coeditor of Invitation to the Classics.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Baker Books (September 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 080105981X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0801059810
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,552,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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OS GUINNESS (DPhil, Oxford University) was born in China, raised and educated in England, and moved to the United States in 1984. He directs the Trinity Forum and is a former fellow at the East-West Institute in New York. His books include The American Hour, No God But God, and The Dust of Death.

 

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Different Source of the Problem Exposed, January 24, 2001
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This review is from: Unriddling Our Times: Reflections on the Gathering Cultural Crisis (Paperback)
This prolific cultural Christian commentator writes an interesting anthology which focuses not on the politicians as the problem, but rather the cultural institutions of media, entertainment, and especially the right wing of the church failure to respond in an adequate way as the real issue.

So, using some short stories and especially the work of Schneider, Guinness powerfully weaves this theme as wreaking havoc on our times. This is a wakeup call for our country, but especially for the church!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Critique On American Society, September 27, 2000
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I think this book had a few gems of truth. The one thing I didn't like about the book was that it seemed not to flow smoothly. Sometimes I was lost in the different stories in the book. What I really liked was the critique on American society's obession with information, but hunger for truth. The book ends strong with an essay that reflects on the danges of relativism. I believe it is a good book to listen to relevant analysis of our time.
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