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Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church is unavailable, but you can change that!

The philosophies of French thinkers Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault form the basis for postmodern thought and are seemingly at odds with the Christian faith. However, James K. A. Smith contends that their ideas have been misinterpreted. The award-winning Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? is the first book in the Church and Postmodern Culture series. In an introduction and four fulsome chapters,...

their proposals remain captive to some modernist strategies.11 I will argue that the postmodern church could do nothing better than be ancient, that the most powerful way to reach a postmodern world is by recovering tradition, and that the most effective means of discipleship is found in liturgy. Each tour of a postmodern church will give a concrete picture of what Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault might mean for how we worship. A thoughtful engagement with postmodernism will encourage us to look backward.
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