A question from friends at Evangelical Seminary:
What comes after Postmodernism?
What does James W. Sire have to offer in response to the $64 Question — now by inflation the $64 Million Dollar Question?
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This question is easy for me to answer. I don’t know. In fact, I don’t think anyone can know. I like the ad for one financial service. “Can you tell me, Dr. Hammerslammer, as dean of the Business School at Havitall University and the head of the most prestigious financial institution in the Western world, what will be the interest rate of a 3 year CD a year from now?†“No,†he says, and the camera pans away.
Or take this question. The date is January 2, 1982, and you are asked, “Where in the world is the next armed conflict going to occur?†You puzzle a bit, consider the Middle East, North Korea, Egypt and Israel and choose one. Exactly three months later war breaks out in the Falkland Islands between England and Argentina.
Prophecy in either political or intellectual history is wild speculation. [Read more…] about What comes after Postmodernism?