The great Christian reset – The Catholic Thing

Jonathon Van Maren, First Things

Thursday, January 22, 2026

A number of the world’s leading opinion makers, some of them formerly atheist, have embraced Christianity. Among them are authors Niall Ferguson and his wife, Ayan Hirsi Ali. “I have a view that we’re probably in the very early phase of a Christian revival, and this reawakening will be an antidote to the great ‘awokening’ that has caused so much harm,” Ferguson says. “I very much hope that will be the case.”