In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World

Common life in our society is in decline. Our communities are disintegrating, as the loss of meaningful work and the breakdown of the family leave us anxious and alone―indeed, half of all Americans report daily feelings of loneliness. Our public discourse is polarized and hateful. Ethnic minorities face systemic injustices and the ever-present fear of violence and deportation. Economic inequalities are widening. In this book, Jake Meador diagnoses our society's decline as the failure of a particular story we've told about ourselves: the story of modern liberalism. He shows us how that story has led to our collective loss of meaning, wonder, and good work, and then recovers each of these by grounding them in a different story―a story rooted in the deep tradition of the Christian faith. Our story doesn't have to end in loneliness and despair. There are reasons for hope―reasons grounded in a different, better story. In Search of the Common Good reclaims a vision of common life for our fractured times: a vision that doesn't depend on the destinies of our economies or our political institutions, but on our citizenship in a heavenly city. Only through that vision―and that citizenship―can we truly work together for the common good.

• Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues
• Reappearing Church: The Hope for Renewal in the Rise of Our Post-Christian Culture
• Plugged In: Connecting your faith with what you watch, read, and play (Live Different)
• Co-Laborers, Co-Heirs: A Family Conversation
• The Care of Souls: Cultivating a Pastor's Heart
• Hearers and Doers: A Pastor's Guide to Making Disciples Through Scripture and Doctrine
• On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
• Evangelism as Exiles: Life on Mission as Strangers in our Own Land
• The Household and the War for the Cosmos
• Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey & Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies