The Antimoderns
Six postmodern Christians discuss the possibilities and limits of postmodernism.
A forum with Carlos Aguilar, Vincent Bacote, Andy Crouch, Catherine Crouch, Sherri King, and Chris Simmons | posted 11/13/2000 12:00AM

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Andy Crouch is editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly. Until June 2000 he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. Listen to some of Andy's Crouch's talks given to the Harvard and Radcliffe's IVC Fellowship.
Carlos Aguilar is currently an M.A. student at Talbot School of Theology.
"Crews, Posses, Clans, and Cliks" by Carlos Aguilar and Brian Aguilar is available from re:generation quarterly.
Read a short bio of Bacote from Wheaton. Here's a list of Bacote's publications, including:"Coming to Terms with My Otherness," from Best Christian Writing: The Best Christian Writing 2000, "Called Back to Stewardship: Recovering and Developing Abraham Kuyper's Cosmic Pneumatology"for the Journal for Christian Theological Research, and "Say Amen, Somebody," from ChristianityToday.com.
Catherine Crouch is a postdoctoral fellow in physics at Harvard. Check out her web page and the Galileo project on physics education. She also presented two talks on science and Christian faith at InterVarsity's Urbana 96 convention: "Issues for Christians in the Sciences" and "Opportunities for Witness and Service as a Scientist."
Sherri King is a Ph.D. candidate in literature at the University of Dallas.
Chris Simmons is earning a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in its film/history of culture program.
Leonard Sweet is vice president and professor of Postmodern Christianity at Drew University. Christianity Today's Michael Maudlin spoke with him in 1999 about the church's mission.
Visit the Postmodern Christianity Discussion List site.
Previous Christianity Today articles on postmodernism include:
Abraham Kuyper: A Man for This Season | The surprisingly relevant advice of a Dutch statesman for engaging postmodern culture. (Oct. 5, 1998)
The Oxford Prophet | Lewis predicted a time when those who want to remold human nature "will be armed with the powers of an omnicompetent state (June 15, 1998).
A Theology to Die For | Theologians are not freelance scholars of religion, but trustees of the deposit of faith. (Feb. 9, 1998)
The New Theologians | Creating a theological symphony. (Feb. 8, 1998)
A Cultural Literacy Primer | Ten resources Christians need for understanding today's world. (April 28, 1997)
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