Postmodernism • dwight j. friesen

Oscillating Between & Beyond Modern & Postmodern

It was in the 1990’s, toward the end of my grad school days when I first began to engage “postmodernity” to describe the cultural angst and cynicism in response to modern ascertains of certainty, knowledge, and such. By the time

Dwight J. Friesen October 16, 2021November 3, 2021

New German Pomo Christianity… Beyond Deconstruction

Carl Raschke just made a great post “the Church and Postmodern Culture: Conversation” which he called: The new German postmodern Christianity – beyond deconstruction Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen October 28, 2009January 15, 2021

what is postmodernism?

Nathan & Justin created an 18 minute exploration of “postmodernism” in which they interview an architect, a graphic designer, a pastor and a café owner. Really well done and worth taking a peek. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen October 25, 2009May 11, 2022

Postmodernity

Postmodernity The course examines the interplay of philosophical, theological, sociological, historical, and cutting-edge theories of culture that affect what is commonly known as “postmodernist” thought and professional practice. Students will understand what culture is and why it must be “engaged”

Dwight J. Friesen May 31, 2007May 7, 2022

Quantum Spirituality

Quantum Spirituality by Len Sweet, a free online book. Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen February 24, 2005October 26, 2022

Jacques Derrida has Died

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. Jacques Derrida One of the great thinkers of our time has died. On Friday, October 8 2004, Jacques Derrida died at a Paris hospital of pancreatic

Dwight J. Friesen October 10, 2004September 13, 2022

Opening

A friend emailed a couple of questions yesterday: “What are the drawbacks to Post-Modernism? What are weaknesses within the ‘post-modern’ church?” Here are my efforts at a response… There are likely as many drawbacks to the pomo as there are

Dwight J. Friesen December 11, 2003November 14, 2022

Can anything be Static?

In the pomo world boundaries and such definitions are shot to heck;-). Nothing is seen as static, instead all is understood holistically and dynamically. When we start talking about a relational way of being and doing church or organic this,

Dwight J. Friesen August 5, 2003November 19, 2021

Beyond (De)construction?

There is a lot of talk of moving beyond “deconstruction” to reconstruction. Of course it goes almost without saying that when the predominate tide shifts from deconstruction to construction or even reconstruction we will have moved to post-postmodernism. Because we

Dwight J. Friesen July 25, 2003November 7, 2021

church immersion

The other day I had a conversation with a woman who, though she may not have used these words, was challenging the notion of the church efforts to be fully present in a pomo/post-critical context. It doesn’t matter whether we

Dwight J. Friesen June 11, 2003November 7, 2021