Taking Postmodernism to Church
Interview with James K.A. Smith, Professor of Philosophy
Mars Hill Audio Journal
Volume 82

Professor James K. A. Smith evaluates the suspicions many people harbor about postmodernism. Smith, author of Who's Afraid of Postmodernism: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church, names postmodernism's central problems while also identifying which components of the philosophy might encourage the Church to greater faithfulness. He explains that loss of confidence in logical demonstrations of universal, objective truths is not necessarily bad for Christian theology. He also discusses why the fact that postmodernism promotes particular stories over universal truths does not mean that the reality those truths describe no longer exists. Smith notes what it would mean for the Church to take postmodernism seriously for the sake of faithful obedience, rather than for cultural relevancy.

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On this bonus track, James K. A. Smith discusses the relationship between ideas and cultural change.

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