© Geoff Westlake 1999

Post modern LIST

(Tradition’l)

WAS

(post-modernism)

BE

(modernism)

Don’t

(postmod-ism)

Don’t

(Integral / Bible)

Do

 

Examples

Soul

 

Mysticism

Revealed T.

Wholistic

Reduce to Mind

Reason

Rationalism OBJ truth

Anti-mind

 

Relativism

No truth

Add H_SS

Multisensory, Demonstrate Reality => Filtered Truth

Mt 22

=Driscoll*

TSS altars

= Paradox

[Double ring*

Unquestioning

Rousing

(Awaken them)

Right & wrong

Segregation,

Don’t think

Syncretism

How to think

Empathy

Say it straight.

[Driscoll*

Liturg (priest or congreg.)

REAL

- Experiential

Performance

Tell

Egocentric experiences

Participate

Involve

Soc justice [Jub

Jas 2:17

Stoic

- Authentic

Production

Big show

Unplugged

Simple, intimate

Mk10:15 child

[Farm camp

See real thing

Social status a given

- Equal

Parental

Us & ‘Them’

Hierarchy

(Soc Darwin)

Anti-institution…

Peers

ID in Jesus, grace to all

Reveal failures

Gal 3:28

Global mission

Job 34:19

Static

- Process

"make decision"

Indecisive

[in hole

Fellow-strugglers

validate / articulate

Engel scale*

Phil 2 / JC

Society

- Communal

relational

Indiv’ism

Self-sufficient

Survival

Long for cmty

Relationship: skills. Sm gp

Ac 2:42-

Model grace: [eat. [marriage [court [Home

Fact of life

(not hidden)

RELEVANT

- Pain

Inspire

Triumph’istic

Progress

Pessimistic

[Titanic

Devolution

Identify, +

Hope

[New Activism* - Soj 6/99

Rom 8:18-

For granted

- Nature

Use Enviromt as commodity

Doom

Responsible

Recycling † Gen 1:23

Stewards

[Karen beach

Backster*

Religion

- Spirituality

Humanist, right to be free

Amorphous

Lifestyle

Lk 14:25

ISONG p88*

[Jasmin [Yr 10’

Stories

- Stories

Meta-

Micro- only. (true for me)

Micro + Gospel

Col 1:28

Testimony intersect Gospl

           

Heritage

- Roots

Disregard

Reject / retro

Jer 6:16

Ab / Celt

Static

- Power /

empowerment

Take power = bondage

Dehumanize & Arrogance

Sense of powerlessness

Give power = freedom

Vulnerable

Dignify & humility

Servanthood

John 13

Apartheid

- Diversity

Multicultural

competition Supremist

Pluralist

Co-operation peace

Rev 5:9

Gal 3:28

Imperialism

- Cultural

Our cultural forms

Tribal (belong)

Engage their cultural forms

Phil 2
 

Safe place to try

MY Best

Grunge

OUR Best

Free to fail

[Hopi’s
 

Wealth

Materialistic

more

Poor /Titanic Top-Deck

Generous

enough

Giving projects

Neither Mod NOR Pomo – but the Gospel road: