9780830818563-0830818561-Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age

Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age

ISBN-13: 9780830818563
ISBN-10: 0830818561
Author: J. Richard Middleton, Brian J. Walsh
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: IVP Academic
Format: Paperback 250 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780830818563
ISBN-10: 0830818561
Author: J. Richard Middleton, Brian J. Walsh
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: IVP Academic
Format: Paperback 250 pages

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Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age (ISBN-13: 9780830818563 and ISBN-10: 0830818561), written by authors J. Richard Middleton, Brian J. Walsh, was published by IVP Academic in 1995. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Christian Living (Christian Books & Bibles, Ethics, Religious Studies) books. You can easily purchase or rent Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Christian Living books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.32.

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Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year! The carnivalesque, pluralistic culture in hich we live can be seen as a consequence of the breakdown of modernity (which touted itself as the "greatest show on earth"), combined with a recognition of the socially constructed character of reality. Since the old construction has been discredited and is in a process of decomposition, the season is open on the construction of new realities which are produced with the speed and ease of temporary circus tents being raised. Far from witnessing the erosion or even eclipse of religious belief that the Enlightenment so confidently predicted, the eclipse of the Enlightenment has resulted in a veritable smorgasbord of religions and worldviews for our consumption. So Richard Middleton and Brian Walsh colorfully describe our postmodern setting. In this book they survey postmodern culture and philosophy, offering lucid explanations of such difficult theories as deconstruction. They are sympathetic to the postmodern critique, yet believe that a gospel stripped of its modernist trappings speaks a radical word of hope and transformation to our chaotic culture. The book for those who wonder what postmodernism is and how biblical Christians might best respond.

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