One consistent thread of postmodernism is to deny that human beings can possess absolute truth. This is not necessarily to say that Absolutes do not exist (although some indeed say this), but rather that our condition as human beings makes it impossible for us to grasp them. This makes a lot of people very uncomfortable […]
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A great quote from my recent reading:
The religious heart or frame of mind is not “realist,” because it is not satisfied with the reality that is all around it. Nor is it antirealist, because it is not trying to substitute fabrications for reality; rather, it is what I would call “hyper-realist,” in search of the real […]
In my current philosophical wanderings through the thicket of faith and reason, I’m starting to see some themes emerge. The following is a gross over-simplification, but it may serve as a helpful theological lens through which to view the postmodern turn in philosophy.
The modern (Enlightenment) view of reason ignored the category of sin. The belief was […]
Objectivity is the attempt at moving towards an unbiased, universal knowledge that has been characteristic of the modern period. It aims at a view from nowhere; at a cool and calculating gaze at the world that transcends gender, culture, class, ethnicity, nationality, etc.
There are many problems with the idea of objectivity, and I will not get […]
As my last post indicated, I’m currently reading James K.A. Smith’s Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church. He’s helping me to understand the phenomenon of postmodern philosophy much better than any other tutor I’ve had previously. He is actually familiar with each author’s writings (particularly Derrida) and is therefore able […]
I’m reading James K.A. Smith’s Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church, which has a point that resonates very strongly with what I’m struggling about regarding church. (Not that I’m struggling against “them,” but “me.”)
Within the matrix of a modern Christianity, the base “ingredient” is the individual; the church, then, is simply […]
