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  • L.L. Barkat · 2 years ago
    Well, I suppose there's nothing better to do when you're sick than to curl up with a good book. :)
  • Laane · 2 years ago
    Very interesting.
    It doesn't matter to me you know the writer as a friend.
    In a way it helps me as a reader to trust what she says.
    I wish her good luck with the book.
  • m chesnut · 2 years ago
    What is meant by 'authenticity' and 'post-modernism' in this case? I feel like po-mo is like a scareword in this context.
  • Susan · 2 years ago
    Yes, I also would appreciate a little more information about how the title describes both the culture and the work within.
  • L.L. Barkat · 2 years ago
    Spaghettiepie has a good explanation that M Chesnut and Susan might appreciate.
  • Marcus · 2 years ago
    m chesnut, always good to hear from you. You're right. A lot of Christians--especially Christian Book Association customers--are afraid of postmodernism. They reduce it to relativism and see it as a threat to the concept of truth.

    For me, authenticity is about admitting my own lack of certainty. I don't mind saying I believe in something with my gut. And that I ultimately have a lot of rational thought to support my belief.

    But I hesitate to say, What I believe is demonstrably and assuredly true.

    It's not. It's a passionate belief. A core belief. A belief that has changed my life. But a belief none the less.
  • Marcus · 2 years ago
    L.L., you are absolutely right about Spaghettipie. She's got some good stuff on her new Wordpress blog. : )

    Susan, chapter 12 is titled "An Authenticity." Here's what I think Mary means by that, "The truth is, we are broken beings. To pretend otherwise is lying." You should read the book ; )

    As for Mary's take on Postmodernism, she wisely avoids taking a direct stand on the issue. It is still a hot button for the CBA audience, and she knows it. So rather than argue for or against it, she just says, "As parents raising children who will live, breathe, labor, marry and raise our grandchildren in the context of postmodernity, we owe it to them to take a careful look at what it is."
  • Marcus · 2 years ago
    Laane, glad to have you visit! And I appreciate the benefit of the doubt toward my review here.
  • Eve · 2 years ago
    Aha! I found the review-and I like. I definitely will click now :)