Understanding Postmodernism: A Christian Perspective
304Understanding Postmodernism: A Christian Perspective
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780830851935 |
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Publisher: | InterVarsity Press |
Publication date: | 12/05/2017 |
Pages: | 304 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
James K. Dew Jr. (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; PhD, University of Birmingham) is president and professor of Christian philosophy at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the coauthor of Philosophy: A Christian Introduction and Understanding Postmodernism: A Christian Perspective and the coeditor of God and Evil: The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain and God and the Problem of Evil: Five Views.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction and Background 2. Criteria for Evaluating Postmodernism 3. The Demise of Enlightenment Modernism 4. The Observer as Situated 5. Philosophy of Language 6. Truth and Social Construction 7. Postmodernism and the Self 8. Realism and Antirealism, Objectivity and Subjectivity 9. On Metanarratives and Oppression 10. Doubts About Metanarratives 11. Truth, Faith, and Postmodernism 12. Postmodernism and the Critique of Enlightenment Reason 13. The Hope of the Gospel 14. Where Do We Go from Here? Appendix: Chart on Modernism and Postmodernism Author Index Subject Index Scripture IndexWhat People are Saying About This
"To my knowledge, this is the most comprehensive and analytically refined exposition and critique of postmodernism."
"Critics regularly compare defining postmodernism to 'trying to nail Jell-O to the wall.' If this cliché is true, Kelly and Dew have done the inconceivable: they have successfully nailed the postmodern ethos to the cross. Understanding Postmodernism is a clear, appreciative exposition and critique of the tenets of postmodernism. This distinctively Christian introduction also provides much-needed historical framing and real-world application for college and seminary students. Highly recommended."
"Why is the Western world involved in such a monumental collision of ideas today? What about the claims disputed hotly but seriously every day on news broadcasts, heard from college students and even professors alike, assuming, questioning, or denying the presence of any knowable truth in the world? Like the old saying states, 'ideas have consequences.' In this volume, philosophers Stewart Kelly and James Dew explain where this trend came fromwhy and when it emergedas well as providing a detailed response to these ideas. Painstakingly documented and carefully reasoned, this volume provides the critique that this generation sorely needs. Highly recommended."
"Understanding Postmodernism is the best one-stop introduction to postmodernism from a conservative evangelical perspective. It describes and evaluates postmodernism from historical, theological, and philosophical perspectives and does so in a lucid and accessible manner."
"Postmodernism is no longer a youthful upstart but has now reached middle age. If we take 1968 as its date of birth, the revolution is now fifty years old, which explains the philosophical paunch and aching cultural joints. Understanding Postmodernism, similarly, is a mature evangelical response, more interested in showing charity and asking what we can learn from the postmodern protest to modernity than in knee-jerk reactions. The authors stay calm and carry on reasoning. In particular, they examine ten major themes, including language, rationality, and truth (they're analytic thinkers, after all), bringing both clarity and charity to bear on a movement that has affected the academy, society, and church like no other in recent memory."
"Ours is a world of skepticism, irony, and intellectual despair, all of which tempt us away from the kingdom of God. This book is a profoundly Christian antidote: a way to analyze our postmodern context, accept its fresh insights, identify its missteps and downright errors, then move on to a mature, thoughtful grasp of the truth in Christ and actively live out its implications. A profound book in lucid prose!"
"Understanding Postmodernism is an important book that helps readers navigate between the extremes concerning truth: taking a completely neutral, unbiased, infallible God's-eye view of reality or stepping into the destructive quicksand of relativism. In an age in which professing Christians are increasingly embracing postmodern assumptions, this book is a proper corrective in its overview and assessment of the key themes of postmodernism as well as a defense of a gospel-centered understanding of truth."
"The gospel is never preached in a vacuum. It is always heard against the backdrop of the culture's collective mindset and mood. Well, the cultural mindset and mood is steeped in postmodern thought that relativizes truth, knowledge, and value. As a result, people today are morally confused and biblically illiterate. Confusion, darkness, and disintegration reign. Kelly and Dew cut through the confusion, ably dissecting postmodernism and demolishing its credibility. As the smoke clears, a vision of shalom emerges where Christianity is seen as true and Jesus is seen as the fount of all wisdom and knowledge. A must-read book for all who need to be reminded of the objective goodness, truth, and beauty of Christianity."