Last week, I wrote a post discussing the southward shift in Christianity, also referred to as the rise of Global Christianity. Since I talk a lot about modernity, postmodernity, and whatnot in this blog, an obvious question might be how the rise of Global Christianity relates to these historical eras. The class I’ve been TAing […]
April 27, 2011 at 2:14 pm
I gave a lecture yesterday in the class for which I’m a teaching assistant on the southern shift of Christianity. I’m now mining that for two blog posts – this one describing the shift southward and another soon to come one on how that relates to modernity and postmodernity. For those of you who aren’t […]
April 22, 2011 at 12:17 pm
While the title of this blog post may seem flippant, I do mean it to raise serious questions about how well Christians are using new modes of communication. Also, please don’t hate me for posting seemingly flippant things on Good Friday. I hope all Christian readers of this blog have a solemn and meaningful end […]
April 13, 2011 at 9:20 am
I’m a historian of Christianity. One of the things historians like to do is divide history into periods. If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ve probably gotten a sense of the periodization of history I’ve been using, but I thought I’d summarize it here and then share some reflections on the process of periodizing church […]
On Tuesday, I posted the first half of a description of how I would characterize a periodization of history broken into Christendom, modernity, postmodernity, and what comes next. This post completes that description. Let me reiterate my three caveats: 1. All of my answers for “what comes next” are just guesses. Since it comes next, […]
I’ve promised you loyal readers some elaboration on what I think are the characteristics of postmodernity. I’m going to structure part of this answer by comparing Christendom, modernity, postmodernity, and what comes next (one possible periodization of the last 1000 years of Christian history; I’ll write a post on periodizing church history later). I’ve structured […]
A friend recently sent me this video: http://edupln.com/video/tedxnyed-will-richardson It’s 15 minutes, but well worth a view. The presenter, Will Richardson, argues that the American educational system is set up around an old (I might say modernist) model of doing things: the point of our current educational system is to impart a large body of knowledge […]
March 29, 2011 at 10:30 am
Today, I’m taking a brief break from all of the modernity and postmodernity stuff I usually talk about to instead talk about good books. I’m taking my last comprehensive exam for my doctoral program tomorrow. This means I’ve completed all of the reading I need to do for coursework and exams, which allows me to […]
March 25, 2011 at 1:21 pm
If you’ve read past blog posts or continue to read future blog posts, I think you’ll quickly notice that contrasting modernity and postmodernity (as exemplified in the new title for the blog!) is a big thing for me. Yet, as I’ve realized from reading comments, my understanding of these terms is not always the same […]
March 18, 2011 at 1:41 pm
As any of you who have ever been in school know, there’s a lot of bad academic writing out there. Academic writers can often be wordy, unclear, dry, or obtuse. They frequently use too much jargon and usually lack storytelling skills. Having suffered through reading at least my fair share of such writing, I have […]