Postmodern is hard to define, and it seems to be characterized within many frameworks. Postmodernism is characterized by relativism and irrationalism.  Its counterpart and predecessor, modernism, was engaged in the pursuit of knowing truth, and it could possibly be characterized by the term rationalism.  Postmodernism, modernism’s successor, could be characterized by the epistemological question, “How [...]

The other day I walked into a room and gasped in shock. I couldn’t believe my eyes, and I had to do a double take. No, they were really there. I was in a room with Dave Matthews, Oprah, and Lebron James. The funny thing, they were all watching TV. Receiving news; news of the [...]

In a culture where sex is flaunted and success and money are the primary means for which people live their lives, it is only plausible that marriage would be placed on the back burner until later on in life. Opposing worldviews give us more than substantial reason and provide more than a solid foundation for [...]

In Part 1 of this article, we looked at how the Speech Act Theory interacts with Post-modernism and critiques its generalized skepticism on truth. This should be encouraging for a couple of reasons. Not everyone in the world is Post-modern(!) no matter what your college professor leads you to believe. Also, even secular theorists realize [...]

So here is the situation. Post Modernism thinks language fails and true communication between people is limited, if even possible. Christianity, on the other hand, affirms God has revealed himself through language in the Bible and eternal life or condemnation depends on this revelation. Uh oh. That seems irreconcilable. Spoiler Alert: it is irreconcilable.

Question:  Are all religions the same? Are all religions equally valid? There is one philosophy of religion that states exactly that; philosophy and theology label this position as religious pluralism. Pluralism states that all religions lead to the same god (the use of the title “god” is meant to center the argument around a central [...]