Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-375) and index.

Introduction: [Can the West be converted?] -- pt. 1. Knowing the gospel : bearings for human knowledge and enquiry -- pt. 2. Spreading the gospel : ten conversions towards the christianization of Western culture. Secular and sacred in contermporary understanding : conversion to creation and new creation by God -- The trajectory of Western culture, individualism, and totalitarianism : conversion to community under God -- The modern betrayal of enquiry : conversion to attentiveness toward God -- Contemporary demonization and polrization : conversion to divine bearings -- The needy consumer : conversion to the abundance of God -- The tragic sense of life : conversion to the gospel of hope -- Personal fulfillment and contemporary spirituality : conversion to eternal life -- The ideologuy of rights, and political correctness : conversion to God-given dignity -- Neoliberal capitalist ideology : conversion to the "commonweal" of God -- Public facts and private values : conversion to the sovereignty of God -- Concluding remarks on the mission.