The series of essays included on Faith Seeking Action’s Metamodernism page form a part of a larger initiative, The Metamodern Project, which is a work in progress to describe a vast and growing transformation of our Western societies, and its global effect. The project represents my attempt to identify and interpret the broad and crucially important historical changes taking place in and around us today in politics, economics, culture, and public life generally.

A new historical age dawns upon us, and it requires a fresh conceptualization and a new name—Metamodernity—to describe it. The dawning of this new historical reality makes our emerging metamodern age qualitatively different from the past of even a few years ago. We will struggle to grasp these changes and challenges ahead, not least to grasp the profoundly changing consciousness happening inwardly within ourselves. It is essential to understand the emerging metamodern transformation of our Western societies in order to: interpret the reigning confusion of our chaotic present (in politics, economics, and culture); to enable us to understand ourselves as we change inwardly in response to a changing life-world; and to prepare ourselves for a difficult ride (as we will see) into the future.