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Dr. Carl Trueman discusses his book on the implications of the rejection of God on humanity.

Send us Fan Mail Carl Trueman joins Mere Fidelity to discuss his book The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity. They examine why "desecration" captures something "disenchantment" misses — the frenzied, ecstatic violation of what is still recognized as sacred — and trace its implications for abortion, gender, technology, and end-of-life ethics. Trueman argues the church's answer is consecration: creed, worship, and a code of hospitality that restores genuine pers...

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Host: Mere Fidelity

Guest: Dr. Carl Trueman

Topics covered

• desecration
• humanity
• abortion
• gender
• technology
• end-of-life ethics
• consecration

Keywords

• desecration
• humanity
• sacred
• abortion
• gender
• technology
• ethics

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Books & works: The Desecration of Man

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