Author G.V. Loewen provides an enthralling discussion of the conceits of humanity in the modern day in Becoming a Modest Society. 

In this sequel to his fascinating analysis of religion and science, What is God?, Loewen proceeds to ask the major question implicit in this previous work: What then is Human?  

His responses take us on a journey from what has been human in the past to what we are today, and allows us to confront some of our favorite conceptual confusions, such as those between morals and ethics, modesty and humility, and criticism and critique amongst many others. Along the way, he defends Wal-Mart, analyses the Dixie Chicks, suggests we temporarily stop having children while also questioning our motives regarding their nascent sexuality, and tells us how we can share the consciousness of another in bizarre circumstances.  

Engaging the reader with both philosophical and personal narrative, Becoming A Modest Society is a must read for all those concerned with not only the current state of social relations, but of humanity itself.

About the Author

Greg V. Loewen, Ph.D. is a Professor of sociology and an interpretation theory specialist at St. Thomas More College, the liberal arts college of the University of Saskatchewan. The author of seven books, he has taught in the USA and Canada for fifteen years. Dr. Loewen is married and lives in Saskatoon.