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Tag: postmodernism

  • Theology and Economics: Enlightenment Impact

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    The Enlightenment, beginning in the seventeenth century, set off shockwaves reverberating to this day. It altered our ideas of knowledge, authority, and human existence. I have discussed the impacts of the Enlightenment throughout this series of posts, so I will not give a lengthy review of the Enlightenment and its impact here. Instead, I want…

  • Is Soccer Postmodern?

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    World Cup soccer is building to the climax next week. Scot McKnight had a fun post this week, giving his thoughts about soccer. I posted a comment there that inspired me to ask a question here. Is soccer more postmodern/premodern than American football and baseball? George Carlin did a routine decades ago about the difference…

  • Fundamentalists In The Emerging Church?

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    Fundamentalists In The Emerging Church? Here is an interesting post by Andrew Jones. Excerpt: "This is how I see it. Inside the emerging church, which is a vastly complex movement, there are probably 3 distinct responses to secular humanism and our current postmodern age: 1. A fundamentalist rejection and protest (isolationism, exclusivity) 2. An unthinking…

  • A New Kind of Postmodernist

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    A New Kind of Postmodernist: a book review of A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey by Brian D. McLaren I wrote a bit about Foundationalism in some of my posts last week. This is a book Review by Douglas Groothuis of Denver Seminary. He writes "Contrary to…