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Truth Decay Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism

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ISBN-10: 0830822283

ISBN-13: 9780830822287

Edition: 2000

Authors: Douglas Groothuis

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A 2001 Christianity Today Award of Merit winner!The concept of truth as absolute, objective and universal has undergone serious deterioration in recent years. No longer is it a goal for all to pursue. Rather postmodernism sees truth as inseparable from culture, psychology, race and gender. Ultimately, truth is what we make it to be.What factors have accelarated this decay of truth? Why are people willing to embrace such a devalued concept? How does this new view compare and contrast with a Christian understanding?While postmodernism contains some truthful insights (despite its attempt to dethrone truth), Douglas Groothuis sees its basic tenets as intellectually flawed and hostile to…    
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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 5/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 303
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Douglas R. Groothuis (Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Oregon) is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary in Denver, Colorado. He has also been a visiting professor or adjunct faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary (Colorado Springs extension), Metropolitan State College of Denver, Westminster Theological Seminary (California campus), University of Oregon, New College Berkeley and Seattle Pacific University.His articles have been published in professional journals such as Religious Studies, Sophia, Theory and Research in Education, Philosophia Christi, Themelios, Think: A Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Christian Scholar's Review, Inquiry and Journal of the…    

Introduction: The Problem of Truth & Integrity
Truth in Jeopardy
From Modernism to Postmodernism
The Biblical View of Truth
The Truth About Truth
The Postmodernist Challenge to Theology
Postmodernism & Apologetics: Dangers to Avoid
Apologetics for Postmoderns
Ethics Without Reality, Postmodernist Style
Race, Gender & Postmodernism
True Beauty: The Challenge to Postmodernism
The Fixed Point in a Postmodern World
Appendix: Television, Agent of Truth Decay
Index of Names
Index of Subjects