"Most Christians would rather die than think-in fact they do."

-Bertrand Russell

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nti-intellectualism has become the scandal of evangelicalism. Over the course of two hundred years, it has gradually become part and parcel of our evangelical identity. Yet today the failure to love God with our minds as well as our hearts is not only a sin-it's a crippling cultural handicap in an age when ideas have greater consequences than ever.

Os Guinness traces the retreat of the evangelical mind and the dumbing down of evan gelicalism through popular culture. But this book goes beyond mere analysis. Ir is a strong call for reformation of yet another place where evangelicalism is not evangelical enough

"Os Guinness issues a prophetic call to all believers to start thinking-really thinking again. This book is provocative, clear, full of American cultural history, and down to earth in its suggestions. It is the place to start for any Christian who wants to begin building a good mind." Stephen Hayner, President. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

"This book is not simply another flailing critique filled with elite, acade mic affectation and synthetic criteria. Guinness really cares abour think-ing and he cares about the church and culture. This book should help readers to escape some well-disguised, time-revered traps, some of which have the stamp of evangelical orthodoxy."

Jay Kesler, President. Taylor Universit