Faith. Worldview. Culture. Truth.
Join our women's book club and discussion group as we read engaging apologetics books (books on evidence for the faith), think deeply, and discuss the truth of Christianity in weekly Zoom book discussions.
welcome
We are a diverse community of women from around the world and the U.S. who gather online to read and discuss books that explore the truth and beauty of Christianity. We learn and laugh together and make deep connections with like-minded women. Some women are brand new to the field, some are seekers, and some know quite a bit about apologetics. All are welcome: bring your questions! We have also had the privilege of hosting almost every author of the books we've read for probing Q&As at the end of each book discussion series. We have also had several Special Presentations on Talking to Missionaries at your Door, Christmas Apologetics, and Biblical Archeology.
You are welcome to use the Discussion Questions that we created for books we've read in your own book club!
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how it works
We meet Tuesday evenings on Zoom, 5-6pm PST (8-9pm EST). Once you sign up for a book discussion, we will email you the Zoom link, the reading/discussion schedule for the book, and the discussion questions for the week's reading. The discussion questions are a guideline for our discussions, not mandatory. Depending upon the book's popularity, we've had as few as 7 and as many as 35 women in a discussion group. To sign up for our current discussion, click here.
our next book discussion
This 7-week book discussion will run Sept 1 - Oct 13, 2026
plus a Q&A with author Carl Trueman on Oct 20
The Desecration of Man:
How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity
by Carl Trueman
From the author of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, an account of how the rejection of the imago Dei is unraveling Western culture and how we might recover what it means to be truly human
As church attendance falls, suicide rates climb, and birth rates plummet, Christian pundits have suggested disenchantment and the loss of tradition are to blame for our spiritual malaise. But what if the problem is both much simpler and much more serious?
In The Desecration of Man, Carl Trueman argues that modern man's crisis of meaning stems from a rejection of a simple fact—that he was made in the image of God. Unmoored from the basic moral fact that secures human dignity, we violently disrespect our own minds and bodies through abortion, pornography, casual sex, gender transitions, and more—and in this disrespect we blaspheme against God himself, with devastating practical and spiritual consequences.
With gentle pastoral wisdom, deep insight into church history, and an impressive command of philosophical genealogies, The Desecration of Man speaks to those troubled by the spiritual sickness of our time and points toward consecration to a God who is alive and loving as a solution. The Early Church triumphed over Rome because it offered life in place of death. It is time for modern Christians to offer the same kind of vision.
REVIEWS
“A definitive account of the fruit born of secularism.”
—John Stonestreet
president of the Colson Center
coauthor of A Practical Guide to Culture
“Essential reading for everyone who cares about the human future.”
—George Weigel
author of Witness to Hope
“Anyone who wants to better understand key dynamics in our culture will benefit from The Desecration of Man.”
—Bishop Robert Barron
Bishop of Winona-Rochester
“Trueman offers the cold plunge we in the West so desperately need.”
—Erika Bachiochi
author of The Rights of Women
editor in chief of Fairer Disputations
“We are made in God’s image and likeness. It would be hard to find a more compelling, colorful, cogent exposition of this truth than the one provided by this book.”
—Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Archbishop Emeritus of New York
“The book is a cultural lament, but more than that.”
—Kevin DeYoung
senior pastor at Christ Covenant Church
associate professor of systematic theology at
Reformed Theological Seminary
“Lucidly argued, The Desecration of Man offers rich material to thoughtful secularists and Christian believers alike.”
—Mary Harrington
author of Feminism Against Progress
“This book is both sobering and hopeful, for it not only traces the problem but also proposes the best of all solutions.”
—Tim Challies
author of Seasons of Sorrow
“One of the sharpest diagnosticians of our many cultural malaises offers us a searing analysis of a question that has long baffled secular humanism: Are we minds or machines?”
—James Orr
associate professor of philosophy of religion at
the University of Cambridge
“The Desecration of Man is yet another Trueman tour de force.”
—Christianity Today
“A bold and incisive critique of modern sexual ethics.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“Vintage Trueman . . . clear-headed, exquisitely written, and profoundly learned.”
—First Things
“Like Trueman’s previous efforts, The Desecration of Man combines rigorous research with an easy style. In this sense it follows a classic C. S. Lewis recipe: serious scholarship, delivered in an appealing way, for a broad general audience. And his subject matter—the impact on our humanity of an intensely materialist culture—couldn’t be more pressing.”
—Public Discourse
“Classic Trueman . . . yet another important contribution for our time.”
— Front Porch Republic
about the author
Dr. Carl R. Trueman is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He earned an MA in Classics from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in Church History from the University of Aberdeen.
Trueman is a visiting fellow at the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government at the University of Notre Dame, and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
An esteemed church historian, he is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self and Strange New World, and is the co-host of “The Mortification of Spin” podcast.
"But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone
who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect."
1 Peter 3:15
"Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone."
Colossians 4:6
