Mapping Postmodernism: A Survey of Christian Options

By Robert C. Greer

Book Overview

By now we've all heard the word postmodernism.

But what is it?Can it be defined?Does it really represent a monumental shift away from how we use to think about right and wrong, truth, the world, and even the whole cosmos? Most important, how should Christians respond?

Robert C. Greer helps us grasp the nature of the shifts in thinking and believing that are taking place in our world. More important, he helps us navigate the complex debate among Christians as to how best to respond to these new challenges. Astutely he maps four different ways Christian thinkers have recommended we respond. These alternatives are represented by four theologians: Francis Schaeffer, Karl Barth, John Hick and George Lindbeck. Greer warns that being merely for or against postmodernism is inadequate. He guides us across the terrain of alternatives along a path that leads neither back to the land of modernism nor to the wild frontiers of postmodernist relativism. Acknowledging the relative strengths and weaknesses of these options, Greer turns us to a thoroughly Christian theology that points beyond them to the true Subject who makes knowledge possible through the language of revelation and relationship with God.This book is an illuminating map for all those who feel lost in the maze of conflicting analyses of postmodernism and are looking for a faithful way forward .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830827331
• ISBN13: 9780830827336
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Great read

This book was excellent. Greer opened up whole new worlds for me to consider. As a minister seeking the most effective ways to live and work in a postmodern world, Greer's insights constantly made me put down the book and consider the implications of his arguments. While other reviewers seem to be unimpressed, I suspect this has a great deal to do with the worldview they brought into their reading of the book. The subtitle claims it is a "Survey of Christian Options" and in this respect I felt it did a great job.