Recently profiled by Ruth Graham in the New York Times, Aaron Renn has an unusual story for a prominent Protestant public writer. Most of those who claim fame in this sphere are ordained pastors. Renn is a consultant by trade, regularly offering social criticism and analysis that reflects his strategic orientation rather than a purely pastoral one. He’s written extensively and eloquently about topics as diverse as divorce and urban planning, but his article, recently expanded into book form, Life in the Negative World, offers something new: a vocabulary and framework for understanding Christianity’s apparent collapse in American public life.
Taken as a whole, the book observes a real phenomenon—the felt decline in public honor for Christianity—and offers a great deal of wisdom for how Christians might live worthy lives in such a time as this.
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