Postmodernism 101 A First Course for the Curious Christian

Name: Postmodernism 101 A First Course for the Curious Christian
Price: 5.25 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781587431531

ISBN-10: 158743153X

ISBN-13: 9781587431531

Edition: 2006

Authors: Heath White

List price: $20.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $20.01

Marketplace

5 new & used from $5.25

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Finally, here's a book about postmodernism that you don't need a philosophy degree to understand. In Postmodernism 101: A First Course for the Curious Christian, Heath White offers a brief and accessible introduction to the ideas of postmodernism and its relationship to Christianity. White paints the historical and philosophical background underlying postmodernism in understandable, but not oversimplified, language. He then describes what postmodernism means to our view of self, language, thought, the search for knowledge, and culture. White invites Christians who otherwise might have avoided postmodern theorizing into this important dialogue with questions for further thought after each…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Brazos Press
Publication date: 7/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Heath White (Ph.D., Georgetown University) is a philosophy professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.



Acknowledgments


Why Read about Postmodernism?


Premodern and Modern Minds


The Postmodern Turn against Reason


Truth, Power, and Morality


The Self


Language and Thought


Inquiry and Interpretation


Culture and Irony


History and Hope


Epilogue


Notes


For Further Reading