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And recognizing such a continuity may require that we jettison some of our own modern presuppositions. Our Christian faith—and correlatively, our account of apologetics—is tainted by modernism when we fail to appreciate the effects of sin on reason. When this is ignored, we adopt an Enlightenment optimism about the role of a supposedly neutral reas
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church
Jesus himself needs to be re-presented and reconsidered, and I will do that here. A term I will offer to describe the vision of Jesus I am embracing is Christian humanism. It is a new term for me to use in my work, though not a new term in Christian history. It basically means orienting our lives by a version of Christian faith that is compassionat
... See moreDavid P. Gushee • After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity
“What is playing out is an institutional trust story—not an individual belief story,” he said.
Bob Smietana • Reorganized Religion
a contrast life aimed at communion.
Willie James Jennings • After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging (Theological Education between the Times (TEBT))
The Doctrine Shapes the Defense: The Importance of the Trinity in John Frame's Apologetics
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Over the last fifty years, it appears fewer people are asking, “Is Jesus true?” and more are asking, “Is Jesus good?” and “Is Jesus beautiful?” People are asking more pragmatic, existential, and aesthetic questions as post-modernity, secularism, and other complex sociological, economic, political, psychological, and technological forces have them i
... See moreCollin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
John Henry Newman,
Joseph Bottum • An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America
