Awake, Not Woke: A Christian Response to the Cult of Progressive Ideology
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- Author：Noelle Mering
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Summary
“Awake， O sleeper， and arise from the dead， and Christ shall give you light。”
—Ephesians 5:14
The long-simmering crisis that grips our culture has exploded in recent years， leaving us divided and intransigent。 Discourse seems futile when we are no longer a people with shared principles or even a shared understanding of reality。 What seems obvious to one person is patently absurd to the next。
This collapse of meaning is not accidental。 It has been plotted and documented for decades， and now presents in its current form as Woke ideology。
Awake， Not Woke unmasks this ideology by examining its history， major players， premises， and tactics， showing us that “Wokeness” at its core is an ideology of rupture。 Indeed， it is an ideology with fundamentalist and even cult-like characteristics that is on a collision course with Christianity。
With a wit and clarity that both exposes the absurd and mourns the brokenness of our culture，
Noelle Mering provides answers to such questions as:
Why does tolerance seem to only go in one direction？
How does the ideology create enemies， eroding friendship across the sexes and races？
Why is violence the natural end of Woke ideology？
Why are the Woke considered blameless？
Why have politics become all-absorbing？
Why is the corruption of children a logical outgrowth of Woke principles？
How is the movement fundamentally a rejection of the Logos？
This is a spiritual battle， and it is not accidental。 The architects of revolution have long known that the transformation of the West had to come by way of destabilizing the social， familial， and religious pieties of a citizenry。
But there is a road to restoration， and it begins with identifying and understanding the operating principles of the Woke movement。 While the revolution is a counterfeit religion resulting in alienation and division， the One True Faith brings restoration。 It is this restoration -- of the person， the family， and the Faith -- for which we all hunger and is the most fitting avenue toward a more harmonious and whole society
Reviews
Zach
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Mostly devoid of salient， objective criticism， and without meaningful responses。 At times it seems to be speaking to common ground， but there's very little steel manning and little criticism that would convince someone who didn't already agree。 Disappointing。 Mostly devoid of salient， objective criticism， and without meaningful responses。 At times it seems to be speaking to common ground， but there's very little steel manning and little criticism that would convince someone who didn't already agree。 Disappointing。 。。。more
Michael Cates
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Good ReadA great book that explained well the problems with woke ideology。 The author did an excellent job in also including solutions to wokeism。
Jamie
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Thought provoking and honestI learned quite a bit while reading this。 Some of it chilling， some of it worrisome， and some of it hopeful。
Laurin
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This is a great book especially for lay level， Christian readers。 I appreciated how she brought a conservative Roman Catholic perspective to bear on the topic of the current progressive ideology that is so popular now。 Her theological insights were quite helpful on the whole。 My only critique is that her footnotes and sources are rather sparse on the whole。 I would definitely recommend this book to anyone trying to understand the latest ideology that seems to be saturating our culture at present This is a great book especially for lay level， Christian readers。 I appreciated how she brought a conservative Roman Catholic perspective to bear on the topic of the current progressive ideology that is so popular now。 Her theological insights were quite helpful on the whole。 My only critique is that her footnotes and sources are rather sparse on the whole。 I would definitely recommend this book to anyone trying to understand the latest ideology that seems to be saturating our culture at present and wanting to evaluate it from a Christian perspective。 。。。more
Andrea
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I found this to be a very honest and in-depth overview of the woke movement in America。 It is easy enough for the average reader and the citations were well researched。 I thought the end was somewhat disjointed from the main body of the work。 It was a little jarring but still contained very good insights。 I think the limitations of these kinds of books is that many readers turn to these resources with the hope of gaining practicable applications but end up with generalizations。 Unfortunately， th I found this to be a very honest and in-depth overview of the woke movement in America。 It is easy enough for the average reader and the citations were well researched。 I thought the end was somewhat disjointed from the main body of the work。 It was a little jarring but still contained very good insights。 I think the limitations of these kinds of books is that many readers turn to these resources with the hope of gaining practicable applications but end up with generalizations。 Unfortunately， that is not necessarily an error from the author but rather a sign of the complexity of interacting with individual humans who don’t always agree。 Still worth the read！ 。。。more
Brenda Torres
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This is one of the best and most important books I have ever read。 My eyes were opened in so many ways。 I was challenged and disgusted and afraid and hopeful and inspired。 Noelle Mering makes it clear that we are not in a cultural war or a political war， we are in a spiritual war。 And we do not need to lose hope。 But we need to be informed so that we understand what we are fighting against， and the sneaky tactics being used to separate us from our Beloved。
T。 Frye
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