David Zahl Books
David Zahl is the founder and director of Mockingbird Ministries and editor-in-chief of the Mockingbird website. He writes and speaks widely on the intersection of faith and culture, and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Known for: Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do About It
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Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do About It
In Seculosity, David Zahl explores how modern life has replaced traditional religion with a host of secular pursuits that function as substitutes for faith. Through humor and cultural insight, Zahl examines how people seek meaning and justification through work, relationships, parenting, and politics, arguing that these 'seculosities' often lead to anxiety and exhaustion rather than fulfillment.
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Defining Seculosity
Seculosity is my shorthand for the fusion of secular and religiosity. It refers to the ways in which ordinary pursuits—like work or dating—take on religious functions in our lives. They answer the same questions religion once did: Who am I? What makes me good? Where do I belong? You can see it when ...
From Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do About It
Work as Religion
In the professional sphere, our credentials often substitute for moral status. Hard work becomes a type of righteousness, productivity our liturgy. We look down on idleness as sin and measure worth by output. This new faith of careerism offers identity—until burnout or redundancy exposes its fragili...
From Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do About It
About David Zahl
David Zahl is the founder and director of Mockingbird Ministries and editor-in-chief of the Mockingbird website. He writes and speaks widely on the intersection of faith and culture, and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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