"'Modern theology has witnessed a remarkable reexamination of the nature and attributes of God' (p. 91). And whatever modernity does, even if it involves turning into postmodernity, we simply must imitate. And of course, modern theology does down the road pretty fast, giving our … [Read more...]

"The classical theists are (and this takes us into deep waters again) to be blamed for fighting Hellenistic philosophy and also for not fighting it. It is not surprising that theological and philosophical chaos followed, ushering in the Dark Ages, or as we might say today, the … [Read more...]

"This 'open view' is modern progressive theology; it is not supposed to make sense. The point is to go with the postmodernist flow, paddling the postevangelical canoe as hard as a respectable scholar may, trying to keep abreast of the latest developments in unbelieving theology" … [Read more...]

"The subject is worthwhile, because our authors are capable of changing rhetorical gears quite rapidly. Sometimes they write a turgid and purple sort of bureaucratic poetry, flowing across the page like rapidly cooling magma" (Contours of Post Maturity, p. 28). … [Read more...]

"Our authors have not left behind their commitment to the forest noises of biblicism, with a brook-like murmuring of orthodoxy off in the background" (Contours of Post Maturity, p. 24). … [Read more...]

"But all is not bliss in our new Arcadia. As the metanarrative emerges from our reading of the canonical literature, we find more than a few stones from the driveway in our narratival Cream of Wheat. The Bible, alas, contains some uncooperative, "angular" texts. Try as we might, … [Read more...]

"We consequently gotta do something about historic male oppression, while fully recognizing that, having denied historical objectivism, for all we know, women may have ruled the world from the beginning . . . But remember the central abstract lesson that there are no central … [Read more...]

"One can picture them [IVP] at their editorial meeting, wrestling with the contours of their stupid meeting, and the issue of whether they ought to call the Spirit "she" in print. "Oh, hell, why not?" one imagines them saying. "We're postevangelicals. We're not under law, … [Read more...]

"Because women have historically been oppressed (although this must not be confused with any naive claim to historical correspondence between our knowledge and what actually happened to women back then) we must come to allow the text of Scripture to speak to us feminitudinously, … [Read more...]

"This is a portent of great promise indeed. We don't need to adopt postmodern relativism, because we know that we are on the road to wherever it is we are going. We simply do not understand why someone has not figured out this angle before" (Contours of Post Maturity, p. 19). … [Read more...]