The Church in an Age of Secular Mysticisms Quotes

“The ultimate telos for late-modern people is to be happy with yourself. And the way to be happy with yourself is to establish the self by the power of your own creativity, as a “badass” who’s taking far more Ws than Ls (the competitive language is everywhere). The highest good is to be recognized for the magnificence of your self’s performance.”
― Andrew Root, The Church in an Age of Secular Mysticisms: Why Spiritualities without God Fail to Transform Us