Who's Afraid of Relativism?: Community, Contingency, and Creaturehood (The Church and Postmodern Culture) by James K Smith - 2014-06-01

Baker Academic. AS NEW. 2014. Trade paperback. 186pp. Index.

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Baker Academic, 2014. Paperback. New. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks and underlining. 192 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Following his successful Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? leading Christian philosopher James K. A. Smith introduces the philosophical sources behind postliberal theology. Offering a provocative analysis of relativism, Smith provides an introduction to the key voices of pragmatism: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Richard Rorty, and Robert Brandom. Many Christians view relativism as the antithesis of absolute truth and take it to be the antithesis of the gospel. Smith argues that this reaction is a symptom of a deeper theological problem: an inability to honor the contingency and dependence of our creaturehood. Appreciating our created finitude as the condition under which we know (and were made to know) should compel us to appreciate the contingency of our knowledge without sliding into arbitrariness. Saying "It depends"… Read More

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Baker Academic, 2014. Paperback. New. 160 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. A leading Christian philosopher introduces the philosophical sources behind contemporary theology, offering a fresh analysis of relativism and pragmatism.

Baker Academic, 2014. Paperback. New. 160 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches.

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