Truth or consequences : the promise & perils of postmodernism / Millard J. Erickson.

By: Erickson, Millard JPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2001Description: 335 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0830826572 (paper : alk. paper)Subject(s): Postmodernism -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 300/.1 LOC classification: HM449 | .E75 2001
Contents:
An introduction to postmodernism : three sketches -- Premodernism -- Modernism -- Nineteenth-century precursors to postmodernism -- Twentieth-century transitions to postmodernism -- Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault -- Richard Rorty -- Stanley Fish -- Positive evaluation of postmodernism -- Negative evaluation of postmodernism -- The nature of truth -- Assessing the truth -- The Christian story as metanarrative -- The kingdom of God as ultimate community -- Making the transition to postpostmodernism.
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Book Book Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven
Main Library 		HM 449 ERIC 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35678000572521
Book Book Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven
Main Library 		HM 449 ERIC 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35678001120155

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

An introduction to postmodernism : three sketches -- Premodernism -- Modernism -- Nineteenth-century precursors to postmodernism -- Twentieth-century transitions to postmodernism -- Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault -- Richard Rorty -- Stanley Fish -- Positive evaluation of postmodernism -- Negative evaluation of postmodernism -- The nature of truth -- Assessing the truth -- The Christian story as metanarrative -- The kingdom of God as ultimate community -- Making the transition to postpostmodernism.