Notable Books

Notable nonfiction hardbacks reviewed by Susan Olasky | Diana West

The Death of the Grown-up | Diana West

Content: America's embrace of adolescence has led to a fatal cultural decline. West's rehashing of cultural lowlights—rap music, teen hook-up parties, coarse humor in high places, Rotary Club beefcake calendars—is thorough but familiar.

Gist: Ironically, by arguing that "Western culture" is an "expression of Western peoples" and that religion isn't necessary for cultural renewal, West falls into a relativism like what she opposes. Do we support Western culture because it's familiar and, at its best, tasteful? Why not support the good parts of it because it reflects biblical understandings?

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