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James K. A. Smith • Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church

Derrida

James K. A. Smith • Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church

Expertise isn’t going anywhere: we’re just finding new ways to measure and signal it.

future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future

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Benedict Anderson • Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

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Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace

James K. A. Smith is fast becoming a major voice in the world of postmodern theology. One of his major strengths is his ability to show that theology matters inside and outside the world of scholarship.

Neal DeRoo • The Logic of Incarnation: James K. A. Smith's Critique of Postmodern Religion

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James K. A. Smith • Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church

By “culture” I mean the large body of practices, techniques, heuristics, tools, motivations, values, and beliefs that we all acquire while growing up, mostly by learning from other people.

Joseph Henrich • The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

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