Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity

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.

In this book, Nancy Pearcey offers a razor-sharp analysis of the public/private split, explaining how it hamstrings our efforts at both personal and cultural renewal. Ultimately it reflects a division in the concept of truth itself, which functions as a gatekeeper, ruling Christian principles out of bounds in the public arena.