{"product_id":"in-search-of-the-common-good-christian-fidelity-in-a-fractured-world-paperback","title":"In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJake Meador\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eECPA Christian Book Award Finalist - Faith and Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year Award, Politics and Public Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommon life in our society is in decline.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur communities are disintegrating, as the loss of meaningful work and the breakdown of the family leave us anxious and alone--indeed, half of all Americans report daily feelings of loneliness. Our public discourse is polarized and hateful. Ethnic minorities face systemicinjustices and the ever-present fear of violence and deportation. Economic inequalities are widening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Jake Meador diagnoses our society's decline as the failure of a particular story we've told about ourselves: the story of modernliberalism. He shows us how that story has led to our collective loss of meaning, wonder, and good work, and then recovers each of these by grounding them in a different story--a story rooted in the deep tradition of the Christian faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur story doesn't have to end in loneliness and despair. There are reasons for hope--reasons grounded in a different, better story. \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Common Good\u003c\/i\u003e reclaims a vision of common life for our fractured times: a vision that doesn't dependon the destinies of our economies or our political institutions, but on our citizenship in a heavenly city. Only through that vision--and that citizenship--can we truly work together for the common good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJake Meador is the editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eMere Orthodoxy\u003c\/i\u003e, a contributing editor with \u003ci\u003ePlough\u003c\/i\u003e, and a contributing writer at The Dispatch. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Are Christians For?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Common Good\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBooks and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with his wife and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52198538281255,"sku":"9781514013960","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/2079\/7223\/files\/QM4Ag00pCS9781514013960.webp?v=1790718723","url":"https:\/\/theluminousbookshop.com\/products\/in-search-of-the-common-good-christian-fidelity-in-a-fractured-world-paperback","provider":"The Luminous Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}