In the previous post, I was (what is it we do these days? I forget) interfacing with James Smith’s book Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? This book is part of a series by Baker Academic, a series called “The Church and Postmodern Culture.” In the series preface, this is what we read: “How should concrete, in-the-pew and on-the-ground religious practices be impacted by postmodernism? What should the church look like in postmodernity? What has Paris to do with Jerusalem?” (p. 10)
Now this is the kind of thing that just makes me nuts. Notice the how instead of a whether. This outside trend comes along, and the question we raise is not whether we should adapt to it, but rather how. In other words, the surrender is settled. All that remains to be negotiated are the terms.