In this genre defying book, author Sean McGrath explains why we must look more closely at our secular society�s religious roots to counteract the destructive spiritual forces consumerism has unleashed on the Earth. Modernity, the author argues argue, is a Christian heresy. It can only be corrected through a religious conversion of Christians, post-Christians, and their children. What must be recovered is Christianity�s contemplative and mystical attitude -�but it must be recovered in a non-nostalgic way that moves forward into the ecological civilization that is coming to painful birth in our time. The Lost Road�is, in part, an autobiographical narrative that recounts a life-long search for contemplative Christianity, as well as an ongoing interrogation into why it�s so difficult to find, sustain, and share.