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Originally Posted by PuritanCovenanter  Jacob,
I believe you are doing to me what you did to me in the Theonomy thread. You are going beyond what I am saying. Reread what I wrote. Read it more slowly. Don't react emotionally. Just for example... in this quote,... |
I realize that I sounded emotional. I wasn't. I just worked out. I can't get too excited either way at the moment.
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... you seem to be implying that I am reading back motives into their actions. Where have I done this?
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As I understand it, I am seeing people fail to separate the men from the issues. I was understanding you to read Leithart's FV back into this book and then judge this book accordingly. Forgive me if I read it wrongly. Here is how I would handle it: If I knew a better, contemporary response to PM, I would first recommend that (see below). If there wasn't one, I would first summarize said arguments and have coffee with someone and just "talk about it." I think I am good at that with people. But, the above two don't work, and they still want to "read" something, perhaps even Leithart, ok, I might recommend this and say, "Here is what he says is good, bad, whatever."
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One more thing. You know of books that would be comparable and being more updated and contemporary. You read more than I do. You can give some recommendations besides Leithart. My point was that this subject has been written about. CT said he was new to this.
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This is tricky because postmodernism has morphed. First of all, Gene Edward Veith wrote
Postmodern Times. It was good 5 years ago. It is probably too basic but it would be the first book I give to the man in the pew.
A Christian defense of postmodernism (don't ask why) would be James KA Smith's
Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? I probably wouldn't recommend this one.
I am not dismissing Carson's
Gagging of God. He makes good points.
For a more academic read, see
Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition. This isn't responding to postmodernism, per se, but to its step-cousin.
there are a few others that slip my mind. I used to know the answer to this question. Good question. Sorry if I came across angry.
