Truth is stranger than it used to b by Middleton

Truth is stranger than it used to b by Middleton

• Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year

The carnivalesque, pluralistic culture in which 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.

Walsh, Brian J.: - Brian J. Walsh is a Christian Reformed Campus Minister at the University of Toronto, where he pastors the Wine Before Breakfast community. His other books include St. John before Breakfast (with the WBB community), Colossians Remixed (with Sylvia Keesmaat), and Subversive Christianity: Imaging God in Dangerous Times.

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ISBN 13	9780830818563
ISBN 10	0830818561
Title	Truth is stranger than it used to b
Author	Middleton
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	InterVarsity Press
Year published	1995-06-05
Number of pages	250
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