Understanding Postmodernism
eBook - ePub

Understanding Postmodernism

A Christian Perspective

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Understanding Postmodernism

A Christian Perspective

About this book

Postmodernity has matured. But the challenge of navigating our contemporary culture remains. In order for Christians to make wise decisions, we first need to understand the many facets of our postmodern context.If René Descartes is often identified as the first truly modern philosopher in light of his confidence in human reason, then postmodernism has taken Descartes to the woodshed. Stewart Kelly and James Dew detail the litany of concerns that postmodernism has raised: overconfidence in human reason, the limitations of language, the relativity of truth, the lack of a truly objective view, the inherently oppressive nature of metanarratives, the instability of the human self, and the absence any moral superiority.With wisdom and care, Kelly and Dew compare these postmodern principles with the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Christian faith. What emerges is neither a rejection of everything postmodernism is concerned with nor a wholesale embrace of all that it affirms. Instead, we are encouraged to understand the postmodern world as we seek to mature spiritually in Christ.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introducing Postmodernism
  4. Criteria for Evaluating Postmodernism
  5. The Demise of Enlightenment Modernism
  6. The Observer as Situated
  7. Philosophy of Language
  8. Truth and Social Construction
  9. Postmodernism and the Self
  10. Realism and Antirealism, Objectivity and Subjectivity
  11. On Metanarratives and Oppression
  12. Doubts About Metanarratives
  13. Truth, Faith, and Postmodernism
  14. Postmodernism and the Critique of Enlightenment Rationalism
  15. The Hope of the Gospel
  16. Where Do We Go from Here?
  17. Appendix
  18. Author Index
  19. Subject Index
  20. Scripture Index
  21. Praise for Understanding Postmodernism
  22. About the Authors
  23. More Titles from InterVarsity Press