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Carl Trueman

English
Carl R. Trueman holds an MA from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen. He formerly served on faculty at the Universities of Nottingham and Aberdeen and Westminster Theological Seminary (PA), and is a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. His books include The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, The Creedal Imperative, and The Desecration of Man.
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The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity

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Carl Trueman's The Desecration of Man builds on his earlier work to argue that the rejection of the imago Dei — the theological truth that human beings are made in the image of God — is the root cause of Western culture's deepest crises, and that only a return to consecration can restore genuine human dignity.

Reviewed Apr 30, 2026

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