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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
What is Postmodernism? Is it a threat to Christianity and can Christians learn from postmodern thinkers and their critique of modernism?
Dr Crystal Downing is Co-Director of the Marion E. Wade Center and co-holder of the Marion E. Wade Chair in Christian Thought at Wheaton College, Illinois in the States.
‘How Postmodernism Serves (My) Faith: Questioning Truth in Language, Philosophy and Art’ is published by IVP America.
- (1:00) What Dorothy L. Sayers would have made of postmodernism;
- (3:35) The problem with simplistic views of postmodernism;
- (5:00) Why Christians have responded to postmodernism as a threat. Postmodernism is not saying that everything is relative;
- (8:41) Does postmodernism actually deny truth claims?
- (10:51) Postmodernism was a reaction to modernism;
- (11:19) C.S Lewis and his dislike of modernism;
- (16:40) Problems with modernism in the arts and sciences;
- (17:44) Our positionality affects the way we see truth;
- (19:17) A football field with glass towers and different screens of language;
- (25:30) Postmodernism is not about inventing any kind of truth we want.
Links mentioned in today’s episode:
How Postmodernism Serves (My) Faith: Questioning Truth in Language, Philosophy and Art
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