Postmodern Christianity: Doing Theology in the Contemporary WorldJohn Riggs argues for a common ground between postmodernism and Christianity, focusing on how this applies to issues such as reproductive rights and the ordination of women, gay men, and lesbians, and suggest that Christianity avoid the extreme positions of either completely accommodating itself to or completely rejecting postmodern culture. |
Contents
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The Traveling Companion | 41 |
3 The Postmodern Turn | 73 |
4 Toward an Inclusive Liberal Theology | 111 |
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