Category Archives: Postmodernity

The Resurrection of Drama – A Review of Kingdom Triangle by Moreland

In this wildly ambitious work, Moreland seeks to cure Christianity from the malaise that plagues – the death of drama; he is mostly successful, though not for the reasons he would give. Written for a popular audience, the Kingdom Triangle is divided into two sections; the first attempts to show us the “crisis of our …

December 12, 2009 – 4:45 pm | By Honzo | Posted in Culture, Othering, Pneumatology, Postmodernity, Unity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Foundationalism

A few days ago, I posted a picture which I thought demonstrated the relationship between Modernism, Foundationalism, Fundamentalism, and Christianity.  I’d like to clarify what I am talking about there, here. By Modernism, I mean the paradigm(s) of thought which owe their intellectual roots in the Enlightenment.  Essential traits of Modernism are as follows: The …

November 4, 2009 – 9:25 am | By Honzo | Posted in Hermeneutical Basics, Hermeneutics, Methods, Postmodernity, Relativism, Science | Comments (17)

Too Skeptical for the Holy Spirit

The other day I was speaking with a friend about the pessimism of our generation, how our Hermeneutic of Suspicion has so permeated every part of our lives that we are (at least I am) too skeptical even for the Holy Spirit. In an age when politicians have bombarded us with promises un-kept, when our …

June 12, 2008 – 10:42 pm | By tom | Posted in Faith, Postmodernity, Science | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)

A Formal Definition of Postmodernism

Currently, I am reading more of Alvin Plantinga’s Warranted Christian Belief. In part 4 of his book, Plantinga considers possible defeaters to basic Christian beliefs, including historical criticism, postmodernism, pluarism, and atheological arguments concerning suffering and evil. (The formal definition of a defeater is rather abstruse, but a rough-and-ready definition for a defeater could be: …

April 16, 2008 – 2:45 pm | By Travis Gilmore | Posted in Postmodernity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (18)

The Gospel According to Harley Davidson

Something I typed up a few months ago and forgot to post. Enjoy: While perusing a Southern Baptist weekly  newspaper, I noticed an article praising a pack of SBCers in South Dakota for their gospel witness to the motorcyclists attending the annual Sturgis bike rally. The article applauded the group, not for its strong testimony …

March 29, 2008 – 11:01 am | By tom | Posted in Culture, Evangelism, Gospel, Postmodernity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (4)

A Real God and a Real Hell

Discuss. What are you impressions about this patient and the chaplain sent to console him in his dying hour? I can’t help but think that there is something to what this patient was getting at. Postmodern “spirituality” and the weak Christianity we see (I am thinking of the Unitarian Universalist I saw with Honzo JR) …

February 21, 2008 – 3:44 pm | By Hank | Posted in God, Postmodernity, Theology | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (8)

Question of the Day: The Naked Truth.

What is one “truth” that is not a) contextual, or b) discovered/conditioned through experience inside a particular culture? For those of you that give an unconditioned, unexperienced, and uncontextual truth, how did you come to know/realize/prove the truth outside of your cultural understanding? Conversely, does the mere fact of a truth being conditioned, contextual, or …

January 14, 2008 – 1:27 pm | By Honzo | Posted in Postmodernity | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (21)

What is Postmodernity?

In order to continue this post series, I find that it is necessary to stop for a moment to talk about what I mean by Postmodernity. It is a slippery concept, one that is often misunderstood and vilified to the point that most people do not know what in the world it really is. [1] …

January 5, 2008 – 2:17 pm | By Honzo | Posted in Postmodernity, The Existance of God | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (47)

The Basis for Belief: Part 1

A while ago, I was asked why exactly I believe. I have been pondering this the last few days and I think I can give a semi-intelligible answer. If you had asked me this a few years ago, I would have given my best modernist response. You all know how it goes, right? First, you …

December 26, 2007 – 12:16 am | By Honzo | Posted in Postmodernity, The Existance of God | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (19)

Golden Compass

Is there any reason to not watch this movie? What should be our standard with movies (culture)?

November 21, 2007 – 6:28 pm | By Casey | Posted in Culture, Hermeneutics, Postmodernity, Practices, Relativism | Comments (4)

Jesus: How Great is He?

One of my recent purchases from iTunes was How great is our God by Chris Tomlin. The song has a great little melody and simple lyrics but the end product is an addictive anthem. The song is one of my favorites because it projects the truth of our days. People are confused. They are lonely. …

November 13, 2007 – 3:55 pm | By E. I. Sanchez | Posted in Culture, Nature of God, Postmodernity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (13)

Post-Modernism….is….dead?

Some thinkers state that when we can classify and name it; that means we moved past it. So are we past Post-Modernism? If so, where are we and what do you call it?

September 10, 2007 – 6:32 pm | By Casey | Posted in Postmodernity | Comments (4)