How to Find Yourself
eBook - ePub

How to Find Yourself

Why Looking Inward Is Not the Answer

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Find Yourself

Why Looking Inward Is Not the Answer

About this book

A Christian Answer to the Identity Angst of Our Culture

In the 21st-century West, identity is everything. Never has it been more important, culturally speaking, to know who you are and remain true to yourself. Expressive individualism—the belief that looking inward is the way to find yourself—has become the primary approach to identity formation, and questioning anyone's "self-made self" is often considered a threat or attack.

Prompted by his own past crisis of identity, Brian Rosner challenges the status quo by arguing that, while knowing yourself is of some value, it cannot be the sole basis for one's identity. He provides an approach to identity formation that leads to a more stable and satisfying sense of self. This approach looks outward to others—acknowledging that we are social beings—and looks upward to God to find a self who is intimately known and loved by him.Ā  How to Find YourselfĀ equips readers from a variety of backgrounds to engage sympathetically with some of the most pressing questions of our day.

  • Challenges the Status Quo:Ā Examines and critiques expressive individualism—the leading strategy for identity formation
  • Gospel-Centered:Ā Identifies an approach to identity formation in Jesus's life story and God's personal knowledge of his children
  • Accessible:Ā Helpful for a wide audience of laypeople, students, and church leaders
  • Foreword by Carl R. Trueman:Ā Opens with a message from the author ofĀ  The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

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Information

Publisher
Crossway
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781433578151

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Newsletter Signup
  3. Endorsements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Introduction
  11. Part 1 Looking for Yourself
  12. 1 Looking Inward
  13. 2 A Collective Identity Crisis
  14. 3 Five Tests of the Good Life
  15. 4 Ancient Texts and Modern Preoccupations
  16. 5 Looking Elsewhere
  17. Part 2 You Are a Social Being
  18. 6 Social Identity
  19. 7 Known by God
  20. Part 3 You Are Your Story
  21. 8 Narrative Identity
  22. 9 The Story of Secular Materialism
  23. 10 The Story of Social Justice
  24. 11 The Life Story of Jesus Christ
  25. Part 4 The New You
  26. 12 Losing Yourself
  27. 13 Finding Yourself
  28. General Index
  29. Scripture Index