Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? - Taking Derrida, Lyotard, And Foucault to Church

Informationen zum Autor James K. A. Smith (Ph.D., Villanova University) is the Gary & Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology & Worldview at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In addition, he is editor of Comment magazine and a senior fellow of the Colossian Forum. He is the author of Introducing Radical Orthodoxy, coeditor of Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition, and editor of the Church and Postmodern Culture series (www.churchandpomo.org). Klappentext Builds on the work of Brian McLaren, Robert Webber, and others in assessing the contemporary church scene to discover what postmodernity has to say to the church. Zusammenfassung Builds on the work of Brian McLaren! Robert Webber! and others in assessing the contemporary church scene to discover what postmodernity has to say to the church.

About the author

James K. A. Smith (PhD, Villanova University) is a popular speaker and the award-winning author of a number of influential books, including Desiring the Kingdom, How (Not) to Be Secular, You Are What You Love, On the Road with Saint Augustine, and How to Inhabit Time. He is professor of philosophy at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he holds the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. Smith served as editor in chief of Comment magazine (2013-2018) and Image journal (2019-2024). He has written for Christianity Today, the Christian Century, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.

Product details

• Authors: James Smith, James K A Smith, James K. A. Smith
• Assisted by: James Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Baker book house
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2006
• EAN: 9780801029189
• ISBN: 978-0-8010-2918-9
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 6 mm
• Series: The Church and Postmodern Culture; The Church and Postmodern Culture
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries