Truth Considered and Applied Examining Postmodernism, History, and Christian Faith

by Kelly, Stewart E.

• ISBN13: 9780805449587
• ISBN10: 0805449582
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-01
• Publisher: B&H Academic

Summary

For philosophy and theology students,Truth Considered and Appliedexamines the leading theories of truth in relation to postmodernism, history, and the Christian faith. Author Stewart E. Kelly defends Christianity in the face of postmodernist challenges that would label such religious faith as merely one version of truth among many in a pluralistic world. Likewise, in looking at Christianity as a historical faith, Kelly supports the need for Christians to develop a hermeneutic that does justice to the biblical texts and our informed understanding of the past in general; because if a genuine past cannot be recovered in some meaningful sense, the claims of Jesus being incarnate and risen from the dead are seriously jeopardized.

Author Biography

Stewart E. Kelly is professor of Philosophy at Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. He holds degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, and Notre Dame University (Ph.D.), is on the executive committee of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, and authored Thinking Well: An Introduction to Critical Thinking (McGraw-Hill).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Friend or Foe? The Challenge of Postmodernism	p. 9
Modernism	p. 10
Postmodernism	p. 49
Truth and History	p. 153
Truth Considered	p. 256
Conclusion	p. 316
Bibliography	p. 327
Name Index	p. 360
Subject Index	p. 371
Scripture Index	p. 376
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