Christendom 2.0

How and why Christendom is replacing Secularism in the West.

The secular age is ending. Not with a bang, but with a gradual recognition that the promises of secularism—endless progress, universal reason, the triumph of science over superstition—have failed to deliver on their most basic claims.

What's emerging in its place is something that looks, at first glance, like a return to religious thinking. But it's actually something new: a post-secular synthesis that combines the best of both worlds.

The old secularism was built on the assumption that religion was a primitive stage of human development that would be left behind as we became more rational and scientific. But this assumption was itself a kind of faith—a faith in the power of reason to solve all human problems.

What we're seeing now is a recognition that human beings are fundamentally religious creatures. We need meaning, purpose, and transcendence. We need to believe in something larger than ourselves. The question isn't whether we'll be religious, but what kind of religion we'll have.

Christendom 2.0 isn't a return to medieval theocracy. It's a recognition that Christianity provides the most coherent framework for understanding human nature, human purpose, and human destiny. It's a framework that can accommodate science, technology, and progress while maintaining a sense of the sacred.

This isn't about forcing everyone to become Christian. It's about recognizing that Christian principles—human dignity, the sanctity of life, the importance of community, the reality of sin and redemption—provide the best foundation for a healthy society.

The secular age was an experiment. It was an attempt to build civilization without God. That experiment is ending, not because it was evil, but because it was incomplete. Human beings need more than reason and science can provide.

Christendom 2.0 is what comes next.