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That Hideous Strength

A Deeper Look at How the West was Lost

Melvin Tinker

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That Hideous Strength

A Deeper Look at How the West was Lost

Melvin Tinker

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In 2018 EP published the original That Hideous Strength: how the West was lost; the book originated as lecture notes author Melvin Tinker prepared for a conference in Jerusalem that year. That edition deliberately had no footnotes and was as compact as possible to appeal to a wide audience. There have been many requests for a footnoted and expanded edition. 

This book is an expanded version of the previous edition—it is about a third larger. The original acted as a ‘primer’ and ‘wakeup call’ to enable Christians especially to try and understand what has been happening in our Western culture for the last few decades due to the influence of what is identified as ‘cultural Marxism’ or ‘Critical Theory’ Many commented that it helped them make connections not seen before; for others, it was an ‘aha moment’, with the light suddenly being switched on as to why much of the Judeo-Christian foundations of the West have been eroded while the Church sleeps A number of reviewers rightly said it would have been helpful to have had the works quoted referenced and expanded with footnotes that has now been corrected.

As well as unpacking in more detail some of the ideas of cultural Marxists and the way their strategies are being worked out in our society, I have also sought to put more flesh on what the Church’s response might look like by drawing attention to what has been called ‘the Benedict Option’ and developing the concept proposed by Charles Taylor—the ‘social imaginary’ Another significant addition is an outline of the ideas of classical Marxism which places the current concern for cultural Marxism in its proper historical and philosophical context It also serves to underscore that in many ways the ‘new Marxism’ is a revamping of the ‘old Marxism’ with consequences no less disastrous.

What other are saying about That Hideous Strength:

There are very few books I buy multiple copies of—this is one of
them. That Hideous Strength is an essential primer for any Christian
in seeking to understand what is going on in society today. The first
edition was outstanding but limited because of its size. This new
expanded edition overcomes those limitations, without becoming
unwieldy or too heavy. This book should be on every church
bookstall, and every Christian’s bookshelf. And now I have to go and
buy more of the revised edition! 
— David Robertson, Director of Third Space

  • Title

    That Hideous Strength

  • Author(s)

    Melvin Tinker

  • ISBN

    9781783972944

  • Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Evangelical Press

  • Audience

    Adults, Church Leaders

  • Pages

    192

  • Published

    01/07/2020

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Melvin Tinker

Melvin Tinker

Vicar of St John Newland since 1994, Melvin read Theology at Oxford University and trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall. He has previously been curate at Wetherby Parish Church, Chaplain to Keele University and vicar of All Hallows, Cheadle. As well as speaking around the country and abroad, Melvin is the author of over sixty published articles dealing with a wide range of subjects relating to ethics and theology.

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That Hideous Strength

Melivin Tinker has produced a cogent analysis of the effects of cultural Marxism on society and the church. Cultural Marxism divides everyone into oppressed and oppressor, and the Church is classed as the latter. He outlines how the philosophy has penetrated the academy, government and the media and the effects that has had on the world and the pressure to compromise it puts on the Church. Tinker suggests ways that Christians can respond in order to stand, and uses the story of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11.1–9) to show that all anti–God world systems are doomed to be defeated by God himself.

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