Postmodern Theology

All right, time for the next installment in this "what is emerging church?" saga. What is postmodern theology? Well, at first glance, the idea of a "postmodern" theology may seem counter-intuitive since theology is what we believe about God, and what we believe about God is based on a canon that has been closed since [...]

Deconstruction of liturgy

Wow, this is fun! I’ve been lacking the ability to focus all my thoughts down into manageable pieces, and here a couple of questions has giving me plenty of writing material! Yay! Okay, so it appears our next task as an online community is to explain exactly what we mean by deconstruction of the liturgy. [...]

“You killed my favorite word; prepare to dialogue”

Earlier this week I picked up this month’s Christianity Today and as I skimmed the table of contents, I found the Back Page Editorial by Chuck Colson entitled “The Postmodern Crackup.” I confess, I’m a bit addicted to postmodernity, and so I tend to gravitate toward anything with “postmodern” in the name, so I flipped [...]

“It seems to me that

“It seems to me that religious instinct is indeed in the process of growing powerfully–but the theistic satisfaction it refuses with deep suspicion.” And it seems to ME that this statment could have been made about our times… instead, it was made by Friedrich Nietzsche before 1900. Interesting. What to do in a world that [...]