Comments on: what is it to be postmodern?

By: on meta-denominationalism: emergence through convergence –

on meta-denominationalism: emergence through convergence – — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:24:18 +0000

[...] conversation. Post-modern, post-denominational, post-Christendom, post-evangelical, etc. As I have argued before, I do not think that postmodernism is really a "post" at all. It is really a different [...]

By: if not ”emergent” what then? –

if not ”emergent” what then? – — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:15:21 +0000

[...] am convinced that the only bridge between a vague, abstract, and therefore socially anemic "postmodern discourse" and the pluralism and changes in capitalism that are clear in modernity is pragmatism that is [...]

By: no one is actually “emergent” from anything at all · Notes From Off-Center

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:48:15 +0000

[...] this regard, "Emergent" is a misnomer since it is not emerging from anything and it most certainly is not postmodern as the vast majority [...]

By: Carol Howard Merritt

Carol Howard Merritt — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:46:04 +0000

Right.

I understand the philosophical connotations of postmodernism, and I often fall into the post-modern feminist stream (although I'm much less freudian...).

But, there is also seems to be a sense that post-modernism is describing a chronological point in time. Or, I have heard people describe anyone under the age of forty as "postmodern," so I wonder if the term is becoming broader.

By: Drew Tatusko

Drew Tatusko — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:01:42 +0000

I think it's too exhausting to try to "be" anything. I am what I do. I am a pragmatist and a Christian not because I want to be either, but because it describes who I already am. The emergent idea is a good one, but it's developmentally backwards in my judgment. the missional metaphor is much better because it's pragmatic. We become a community as we work to become better followers of Christ. I just think the "postmodern" label is an ideal of community or identity that does not exist and so it's just weird.

By: Carol Howard Merritt

Carol Howard Merritt — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:46:04 +0000

By: Drew Tatusko

Drew Tatusko — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:01:42 +0000

By: Carol Howard Merritt

Carol Howard Merritt — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:53:06 +0000

David Williams is talking about this a lot on his blog.

http://weblog.xanga.com/Beloved_Spear/685004705...

Oh… but wait… I see you left a comment there, so you already know.

I agree, and it's putting me into some conundrums in my writing of late…

I guess I'm a little tired of conversations where we are grasping to be different, to be the future, to be the next movement, to be post-modern, etc. I am what I am. I write, I go to work, and I try to be the best pastor that I can be in my context. That's about what I can manage right now. I don't have energy to try to fit what I think and what I do into some amorphous postmodern idea out there.

Thanks for the post.

By: …..links for your linking pleasure « Community of the Risen

…..links for your linking pleasure « Community of the Risen — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:53:01 +0000

[...] 14, 2008 · No Comments 1. Notes from off Center has written a good post on postmodernism. One memorablde quote from the post: My reading of [...]

By: coldfire136

coldfire136 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:38:40 +0000

This is a great question, and I think that you are asking some good points.

I recently critiqued an article on the OOZE on a similar subject. Thanks for posting this.