@Matt Thanks for the info. I may very well make use of ye olde librario to get at some of those fine monographs.

@Lindsey Oh man. The mom and dad oh no pomo convo. Tough stuff. If I’m being at all successful in my attempt here then it should accomplish something… Let me know how it goes. And thanks for the down-to-earth comment. I try to be that way. I find that not taking myself or my work too seriously helps. I love to play.

Thanks for the post.

Brilliant explanation. I typically get asked to explain the postmodern “rejection of truth.” Most often, I try to point out that postmodernism doesn’t doubt truth, it doubts objectivity, and particularly the objective “Enlightened-I” of the modern era.

I like the way you apply this philosophy to Christianity. It all comes down to humility and “generous orthodoxy” within a slightly evolved sort of postmodernism. In fact, I think the Christian faith effectively embraces (maybe one would use the word “redeems”) postmodernism from what McLaren calls “antimodernism” (meaning the utterly nihilistic, absolutely relativistic thoughts of the earliest forms of postmodernism à la Nietzsche, et al.) As far as the resources I like to refer to concerning such conversations:

Intuitive Leadership by Tim Keel>
Keel explains the differences between modern thought and postmodernism throughout to make his case for a more organic, more narrative and community driven form of leadership (before “organic” was too much a buzzword).

Adventures in Missing the Point by Tony Campolo and Brian McLaren
McLaren’s chapter on postmodernism is awesome, accessible, and brilliant.

The Justice Project by Brian McLaren, Elisa Padilla, and Ashley Bunting Seeeber, et al.
Tony J’s chapter is an excellent intro to deconstruction that manages to not get too heady. I know you’ve linked to it already on this blog, but one can read Tony’s chapter here.