Meltdown: Making Sense of a Culture in Crisis

by Marcus Honeysett

Our fast-changing culture is a haven for a vast array of beliefs and theories, opinions and lifestyle choices. Common to all this diversity, argues Marcus Honeysett, is a rejection of the received wisdom about who we are and what kind of world we live in—wisdom revealed through God's Word. Our culture is in a state of meltdown because we have disposed of truth in order to live without God. This engaging, understandable book works through the philosophical underpinnings of our culture in a case-study format, and provides clear thinking for Christians combatting its challenges. It brings the otherwise abstract ideas of postmodernity into practical, everyday situations and offers a solid basis on which Christians can make informed, biblical decisions. "This book stands out . . . Marcus Honeysett presents his case with straightforward resolve and plain speech." —D. A. Carson, author of The Gagging of God

Genres: Theology

232 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2002

Reviews

[Aneurin Britton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I should have actually read this at uni. I'm unsure what in this book I haven't found to be true. The sinking sands of postmodernity and the need for authentic Truth is clear here. This book was written in 2002, and yet it has highlighted the societal framework and its dangers but crucially how to speak into this post-truth western world...

[Ian Rees · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very readable. The first 5 chapters are especially helpful as they engage with particular aspects of postmodernity, its belief systems that have caused the intellectual meltdown and how to approach them from a Christian point-of-view. I did wonder sometimes whether he felt that postmodernity was the only threat to a Christian worldview - what about modernity and its worldview that the western church in particular has swallowed? But he is trying to deal with more recent developments and he does so very clearly. Recommended.

One note for 2013: the book was written in 2003 so I wonder how much the views he describes have moved on. No mention of Facebook or Twitter, for instance, and their effect on how people see themselves.

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what I expected the book to be...