Understanding Postmodernism
A Christian Perspective
Stewart E. Kelly
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Understanding Postmodernism
A Christian Perspective
Stewart E. Kelly
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.
Frequently asked questions
Information
Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introducing Postmodernism
- Criteria for Evaluating Postmodernism
- The Demise of Enlightenment Modernism
- The Observer as Situated
- Philosophy of Language
- Truth and Social Construction
- Postmodernism and the Self
- Realism and Antirealism, Objectivity and Subjectivity
- On Metanarratives and Oppression
- Doubts About Metanarratives
- Truth, Faith, and Postmodernism
- Postmodernism and the Critique of Enlightenment Rationalism
- The Hope of the Gospel
- Where Do We Go from Here?
- Appendix
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Scripture Index
- Praise for Understanding Postmodernism
- About the Authors
- More Titles from InterVarsity Press