Ryan Slifka

Who’s Minding the Story?

History & Biography

“In his first book, Seaton utilizes Charles Taylor’s magisterial insights to analyze the United Church of Canada’s turn toward ‘secular theology’ in the late 1960s. Tracing its lineage from early advocates to well-known contemporary leaders, he shows how, desperate for relevance, we traded away our most potent resource: odd Jesus and his ever-relevant gospel. As you can trust a real friend to tell you the truth, Seaton diagnoses our malaise with both clarity and sympathy.”