This book offers a broad-ranging account of contemporary American culture, the complex network of symbols, practices, and beliefs at the heart of our society. Lundin explores the historical background of some of our "postmodern" culture's central beliefs and considers their crucial ethical and theological implications.

Roger Lundin (1949-2015) was Arthur F. Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning at Wheaton College, Illinois. His other books include From Nature to Experience: The American Search for Cultural Authority.