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

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

ISBN-10: 0830818561

ISBN-13: 9780830818563

Edition: N/A

Authors: Brian J. Walsh, J. Richard Middleton

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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…

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List price: $22.00
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 6/5/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface



The Postmodern Condition



The Crisis of Our Times



Reality Isn't What It Used to Be



The Decentered Self



They Don't Tell Stories Like They Used ToInterlude



The Resources of Scripture



The Biblical Metanarrative



The Empowered Self



Reality Isn't What It's Meant to Be



The Hope of Our Times


Notes


Subject Index


Author Index


Scripture Index