{"product_id":"truth-is-stranger-than-it-used-to-be-biblical-faith-in-a-postmodern-age-9780830818563","title":"Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age","description":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eVoted one of \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today's\u003c\/i\u003e 1996 Books of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe carnivalesque, pluralistic culture in hich 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSince 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book for those who wonder what postmodernism is and how biblical Christians might best respond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. Richard Middleton is Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian J. Walsh serves as the Christian Reformed Church chaplain to the University of Toronto. With Richard J. Middleton, he wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Transforming Vision\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTruth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be\u003c\/i\u003e (both IVP). He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eLangdon Gilkey\u003c\/i\u003e (University Press of America, 1992) and \u003ci\u003eSubversive Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e (Alta Vista College Press, 1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544121381138,"sku":"9780830818563","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25b8b5ad-af51-43a8-89b4-de549f718438.jpg?v=1731521240","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/truth-is-stranger-than-it-used-to-be-biblical-faith-in-a-postmodern-age-9780830818563","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}