Professor Trueman addresses the question of human identity in modern culture. He first describes how man’s aspirations to create his own meaning and transcend all natural limits have not left him feeling like a god. Instead, man finds himself trapped in an aimless, empty, dehumanizing nihilism. Trueman then explores, second, a possible path back home to our true human identity as persons.

This lecture is based on Professor Trueman’s latest book The Desecration of Man. His presentation should interest anyone drawn to broader questions of human identity, human limitations, and current cultural issues such as human reproduction, technology, and death.