Deconstructors write no gospels.
~ Frank Kermode
In 2006 notable intellectual, if sometimes crank, Jamie Smith argued in Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? for a calm down for the crescendo of Christian hysteria around so-called postmodernism. Introducing Jacques Derrida, Francois Lyotard, and Michele Foucault, he argued that while none would want to be swallowed whole by the church, they could prove insightful and even essential companions for the ails of modern evangelicalism. In their deconstructive accounts of power, knowledge, text, and authority they helped draw the evangelical eye not only to other perspectives, but also to the sometimes badly needed renovations in evangelicalism’s own house of modernity.
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Robert Joustra
Robert Joustra is Professor of Politics & International Studies at Redeemer University (outside Toronto, Canada). He is an editorial fellow with The Review of Faith and International Affairs and a Fellow with the Center for Public Justice, in Washington D.C. His writing and commentary appear in The Globe and Mail, The Washington Post, The National Post, and elsewhere.
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