Constructing a Postmodern Church with Ancient Building Blocks

Abstract

"The word, “postmodernism” means many things to many people, and my son may be right that it might mean nothing really. But today’s culture—the culture that the church is called to reach—is changing. That change, as I discuss below, is radical and fundamental. So much so that Leonard Sweet, in the introduction to SoulTsunami, warns the church by writing: This book is an early warning signal intended to wake us up and keep us awake. Wake up and smell the future. Wake up on the right side of history. Wake up and breathe in the cold, arctic air of a moribund modernity. Wake up and breathe out the fire of a postmodern future—with all its omens, amens, and amends. Can the church tell a sleeping world what the best part of waking up is?"