{"product_id":"saving-leonardo","title":"Saving Leonardo","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving Leonardo\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIs secularism a positive force in the modern world? Or does it lead to fragmentation and disintegration? In\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e, best-selling award-winning author Nancy Pearcey (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTotal Truth\u003c\/em\u003e, coauthor\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow Now Shall We Live?\u003c\/em\u003e) makes a compelling case that secularism is destructive and dehumanizing.\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePearcey depicts the revolutionary thinkers and artists, the ideas and events, leading step by step to the unleashing of secular worldviews that undermine human dignity and liberty. She crafts a fresh approach that exposes the real-world impact of ideas in philosophy, science, art, literature, and film–voices that surround us in the classroom, in the movie theater, and in our living rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA former agnostic, Pearcey offers a persuasive case for historic Christianity as a holistic and humane alternative. She equips readers to counter the life-denying worldviews that are radically restructuring society and pervading our daily lives. Whether you are a devoted Christian, determined secularist, or don't know quite where you stand, reading\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill unsettle established views and topple ideological idols. Includes more than 100 art reproductions and illustrations that bring the book's themes to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A feast for the mind and for the eye. Nancy Pearcey not only is a trustworthy guide for a nuanced discussion on the relationship between culture and the gospel, but she is a gifted teacher as well . . .\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a rare, precious gift to the churches and universities alike.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMakoto Fujimura\u003c\/strong\u003e, artist and author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRefractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Nancy Pearcey has done it again and better than ever. She has taken the complex sophistication of the best cultural analysis and laid it out for any person to grasp, enjoy and use to live out their daily lives honoring Christ. An astounding accomplishment!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJames W. Sire\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Universe Next Door\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"G. K. Chesterton said 'the danger when Men stop believing in God is not that they'll believe in nothing; but that they will believe in anything.' Nancy Pearcey understands where believing in anything leads and in this book she reveals where a secular philosophy is taking us. A balanced, fair, and impacting work!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCal Thomas\u003c\/strong\u003e, syndicated and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecolumnist\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Nancy Pearcey helps a new generation of evangelicals to understand the worldview challenges we now face and to develop an intelligent and articulate Christian understanding . . .\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshould be put in the hands of all those who should always be ready to give an answer–and that means all of us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eR. Albert Mohler, Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e, president, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Nancy Pearcey is an intellectual prophet in our day and one of Evangelicalism's foremost cultural observers.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a tour de force. In it, Pearcey provides a penetrating analysis of the nature of contemporary secularism, a helpful exposition of how we got to the present situation, and a well-crafted strategy for changing the situation. This is her best effort yet . . . a must read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJ. P. Moreland\u003c\/strong\u003e, distinguished professor of Philosophy, Biola University and author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe God Question\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Nancy Pearcey is unsurpassed in the current generation of Christian thinkers . . . The magic continues with this book. Pearcey's virtues as a writer and thinker are once again fully evident in the range of material that she has mastered, the encyclopedic collection of data that she presents, and the analytic rigor with which she separates truth from error in worldviews. She is a prophetic voice for contemporary Christians.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeland Ryken\u003c\/strong\u003e, Clyde S. Kilby professor of English, Wheaton College\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Brilliant . . . The book brings complex, abstract ideas down-to-earth — or rather, down-to-life. . . .\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSaving Leonardo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebridges the gaps between the arts and the sciences, the theoretical and the practical. The book not only argues for the unity of Christian truth but exemplifies that unity and shows it in action.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGene Edward Veith\u003c\/strong\u003e, provost, Patrick Henry College\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-author\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eabout the author\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNancy Pearcey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis professor of Worldview Studies at Philadelphia Biblical University and editor-at-large of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Pearcey Report\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly an agnostic, she studied Christian worldview at L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland with Francis Schaeffer in the 1970s and was later named the Francis A. Schaeffer Scholar at the World Journalism Institute in New York City. There she taught a worldview course based on her 2005 ECPA Gold Medallion Awardwinning  book,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTotal Truth\u003c\/i\u003e. Pearcey also founded the daily radio program “BreakPoint,” wrote a monthly column in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChristianity Today\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003emagazine for five years, and coauthored Charles Colson’s book,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow Now Shall We Live?\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eShe and her husband have two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\\n\u003c\/div\u003e\\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mound Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55010988654972,"sku":"9781462787722","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/3866\/3995\/files\/9781462787722.jpg?v=1741631231","url":"https:\/\/www.evangelicalbooks.com\/products\/saving-leonardo","provider":"Evangelical Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}