Postmodernism 101

Postmodernism 101
Author: Heath White
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2006-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441234780

Finally, here's a book about postmodernism that you don't need a philosophy degree to understand. In Postmodernism 101: A First Course for the Curious Christian, Heath White offers a brief and accessible introduction to the ideas of postmodernism and its relationship to Christianity. White paints the historical and philosophical background underlying postmodernism in understandable, but not oversimplified, language. He then describes what postmodernism means to our view of self, language, thought, the search for knowledge, and culture. White invites Christians who otherwise might have avoided postmodern theorizing into this important dialogue with questions for further thought after each chapter and suggestions for future reading. This book is ideal for students as well as curious pastors and lay readers.

Postmodernism 101

Postmodernism 101
Author: Heath White
Publisher: Brazos Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2006-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 158743153X

An accessible introduction to the ideas of postmodernism and postmodernism's relationship to Christianity.

The Bible, Sexuality, and Culture

The Bible, Sexuality, and Culture
Author: Brian Neil Peterson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2021-05-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725292475

We are living in a rapidly changing culture. Since the 1960s, the changes in our sexual ethics have become increasingly problematic. How are people--especially Evangelicals and other conservative Christians--supposed to respond? Does the Bible address these seismic changes? How is a believer supposed to raise a family in the cultural chaos of the twenty-first century? If you have asked any of these questions before, then this book is for you. Peterson argues forcefully that the changes in our culture are a direct result of a postmodern and post-Christian cultural rejection of the mandates established by God in the opening two chapters of Genesis. The reason Western culture is imploding morally is directly connected to the Enemy's undoing of each of the Genesis mandates established by God for human and cultural flourishing. With Western culture's rejection or undoing of every one of God's mandates in Genesis, is there any hope for the survival of once-thriving Judeo-Christian cultures? Peterson tackles these and many other issues in a forthright and unreserved manner. This book is not for the faint of heart. It is a call for a return to cultural sanity rooted in the fear of God and his Word.

Crossing Boundaries, Redefining Faith

Crossing Boundaries, Redefining Faith
Author: Michael Clawson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1498219691

The Emerging Church Movement, an eclectic conversation about how Christianity needs to evolve for our postmodern world, has been breaking traditional bounds and stirring up controversy for more than two decades. This volume is the first academic work to adopt an interdisciplinary approach to understanding this complex and boundary-crossing phenomenon. Containing contributions by researchers from a diverse set of disciplines, this book brings together historical, sociological, ethnographic, anthropological, and theological approaches to offer the most thorough and multifaceted description of the Emerging Church Movement to date. Contributors: Juan Jose Barreda Toscano Dee Yaccino Gerardo Marti Lloyd Chia Jason Wollschleger James S. Bielo Jon Bialecki Heather Josselyn-Cranson Xochitl Alviso Chris James Tim Snyder

Post-Sustainability and Environmental Education

Post-Sustainability and Environmental Education
Author: Bob Jickling
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319513222

This book provides a critique of over two decades of sustained effort to infuse educational systems with education for sustainable development. Taking to heart the idea that deconstruction is a prelude to reconstruction, this critique leads to discussions about how education can be remade, and respond to the educational imperatives of our time, particularly as they relate to ecological crises and human-nature relationships. It will be of great interest to students and researchers of sociology, education, philosophy and environmental issues.

Discipleship in the Postmodern Age

Discipleship in the Postmodern Age
Author: Daniel L. Kohn
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2020-09-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1664126325

There is a “missing link” in most churches today. There is a significant gap between membership and active involvement in ministry. What is missing is what Jesus modeled in His earthly ministry—disciple making. In the absence of this model from Christ, churches struggle to maintain membership and ministry. Underequipped members lack the enthusiasm and insight to truly be a part of active ministry. The reverse is also true—when members are trained as active disciples, the ministry potential of the church can follow that of the early Christian church outlined in the book of Acts. Yes, the model works, as the Holy Spirit works in the transformed lives of today’s disciples as He has throughout the history of the church. This book will give you practical insights for developing a discipleship process in your church.

Understanding Postmodernism

Understanding Postmodernism
Author: Stewart E. Kelly
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2017-12-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830889086

Most introductions to postmodernism are either wholly negative or wholly positive. Stewart Kelly and James Dew present a balanced introduction and assessment of postmodernism that corrects misunderstandings and examines its shortcomings. This is a clear, accessible text for Christian students of philosophy.

Pentecostal Experience

Pentecostal Experience
Author: Peter D. Neumann
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2012-08-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1630870145

Pentecostals are known for an experiential spirituality that emphasizes immediate encounters with God through the Holy Spirit. But how should such experience be understood? Is it, in fact, quite so immediate? Neumann argues that Pentecostal experience of God is mediated by the Spirit's work through Scripture, the Christian tradition, and the broader cultural context. Using the work of three contemporary Pentecostal theologians--Frank D. Macchia, Simon K. H. Chan, and Amos Yong--the book demonstrates that a mediated view of experience of God is forging a more mature Pentecostal theology. As further evidence of this maturation, Neumann engages these Pentecostal theologians in ecumenical dialogue with leading representatives from Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant traditions.

Fashion, Dress and Post-postmodernism

Fashion, Dress and Post-postmodernism
Author: José Blanco F.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2021-01-28
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1350115177

Scholars have argued that postmodernism is dead and that we are entering into a new era that some have labelled altermodernism, digimodernism, performatism, and post-postmodernism. This book expands on the nascent scholarship of post-postmodernism to highlight how dress, fashion, and appearance are reflections of this new age. The volume starts with a discussion of fashion, subjectivity, and time and an analysis of temporality, technology, and fashion in post-postmodern times. Later chapters analyse the work of design houses and mass producers such as Vetements, Gucci, and Uniqlo whose products align with post-postmodern aesthetics, hyperconsumption, and hypermodern branding. The book looks at diverse geographic and identity markers by discussing post-postmodernism and the religio-politico-cultural questions in South Asian Muslim fashion, image and identity presentation in queer social networking apps, and by exploring fashion designer Tom Ford's output as a movie director. Two chapters discuss the post-postmodern fashion exhibition with analyses of recent exhibitions and an in-depth look at the work of exhibition maker Judith Clark. The final chapter is written by members of The Rational Dress Society, a counter-fashion collective that makes JUMPSUIT, an experimental garment to replace all clothes. Fashion, Dress, and Post-postmodernism is a companion to research on relationships between post-postmodernism, fashion, and dress, and the go-to resource for researchers and students interested in these areas.

Family Therapy Beyond Postmodernism

Family Therapy Beyond Postmodernism
Author: Carmel Flaskas
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2002
Genre: Divorce therapy
ISBN: 0415183006

Examines postmodernism and its expression in family therapy, raising questions about realities and realness, the subjective process of truth, and the experience of self.