Decadence and Christian Pessimism

This week I attended an as always stimulating Trinity Forum talk, this time to hear New York Times columnist Ross Douthat discussing his new book The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success. He describes our own times and culture as decadent, meaning not uniquely debauched but characterized by “economic stagnation, institutional decay, and cultural and intellectual exhaustion at a high level of material prosperity and technological development.” Read Full Article »