For a Church to Come: Experiments in Postmodern Theory and Anabaptist Thought

Taking a cue from one of the most (in)famous postmodern thinkers, Friedrich Nietzsche, the essays in this book put forth "experiments" in thought rather than arguments for fixed conclusions. Blum brings John Howard Yoder to the same table with Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, and provides a provocative glimpse of what the resulting conversation might look like.

As Anne Lamott and others have recently insisted, faith is not the opposite of doubt, but of certainty. Blum's essays explore some of our commonly held ways of talking about knowledge, meaning, commitment, and action. He suggests that some postmodern theoretical work, often dismissed or assumed to be anti-Christian, is well worth bringing into contemporary Anabaptist-Mennonite conversations about discipleship and corporate life.

Part of the Polyglossia series, this book is intended for conversation among academics, ministers, and laypersons regarding knowledge, beliefs, and practices of the Christian faith.

Author: Peter C. Blum
Publisher: Herald Press (VA)
Published: 03/05/2013
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9780836196825

About the Author
Blum, Peter: -

Peter C. Blum is Professor of Philosophy and Culture at Hillsdale College, where he directs their program in Sociology and Social Thought. A graduate of Goshen College, with advanced degrees in sociology and philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, he lives in Hillsdale, Michigan with his wife, Gail. He is a member of Salem Mennonite Church near Waldron, Michigan, and is author of a number of essays relating contemporary social theory to an Anabaptist understanding of Christian discipleship.