Understanding Postmodernism: A Christian Perspective - Couverture souple

Kelly, Stewart E.; Dew Jr., James K.

 
9780830851935: Understanding Postmodernism: A Christian Perspective
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0830851933 ISBN 13 : 9780830851935
Editeur : IVP Academic, 2017

Synopsis

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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À propos des auteurs

Stewart E. Kelly (PhD, Notre Dame) is professor of philosophy at Minot State University. He is the author of Truth Considered and Applied and Thinking Well: An Introduction to Critical Thinking.



James K. Dew Jr. (PhD, Southeastern Baptist) is associate professor of the history of ideas and philosophy and dean of the College at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the coauthor (with Mark W. Foreman) of How Do We Know? An Introduction to Epistemology and coeditor (with Chad Meister) of God and Evil: The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain.

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Éditeur
IVP Academic
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0830851933
ISBN 13 
9780830851935
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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