Table of Contents

    • 1 Gospel, story, worldviews, and the church's mission 1
    • 2 What is a worldview? 11
    • 3 A Biblical worldview : creation and sin 31
    • 4 A Biblical worldview : restoration 51
    • 5 The Western story : the roots of modernity 67
    • 6 The Western story : the growth of modernity 82
    • 7 What time is it? : four signs of our time in the Western story 107
    • 8 Living at the crossroads : a faithful, relevant witness 127
    • 9 Life at the crossroads : perspectives on some areas of public life 146

    • Pastoral postscript 174
    • Notes 179
    • Scripture index 199
    • Subject index 201