D. A. Carson: The new definition of tolerance is not only inconsistent, it's incoherent and proves, in fact, to be less tolerant than the brand of tolerance that was around under modernism. Because at the very point where it comes up with that which disagrees with it the most, it has to dismiss all opponents as intolerant and bigoted, and therefore becomes, in fact, totalitarian.
Below are audio resources from D. A. Carson related to the topic of postmodernism that are posted at the European Leadership Forum.
- Don Carson - Postmodernism 1 (mp3)
- Don Carson - Postmodernism 2 (mp3)
- Don Carson - Postmodernism Workshop (mp3)
- The Gagging of God: Questions & Answers
Here's an outline for the first three messages above:
Understanding Postmodernism from a Confessional Stance
Introduction: The challenge of terminology
1 Historical overview: The centrality of epistemology
2 Premodernism
3 Modernism and its six defining characteristics
Beginning with the finite 'I'
Epistemological certainty is both desirable and attainable
Foundationalism
The focus on method
The assumption of 'a-historical universality'
The rise of philosophical naturalism
4 Postmodernism
Historical antecedents
Twentieth century contributions of Germans, French and Americans
The overthrow or the revision of the six characteristics of modernism
5. Correlatives of Postmodernism
6. The advantages of Postmodernism
7. The weaknesses and dangers of Postmodernism
(HT: Tim Challies)
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