The epochal experience for Keller was cribbing the reading list of Hunter, who taught about his understanding of culture’s “deep structures.” Through Hunter, Keller was introduced to the “big four” critics of secular modernity. From this time forward, Charles Taylor, Alasdair MacIntyre, Philip Rieff, and Robert Bellah became staples in Keller’s thinking, writing, and teaching.2 They provoked Keller to a deeper analysis of the problems besetting the post-Christian West in politics and culture.