Reading: Barker [Postmodernism]

We live in a postmodern world. Models continually are born out of this current age of information and knowledge, just as postmodernism emerged from modernity. With so many avenues of media coming in, the individual in today's society can easily forever become lost in an endless sea of aesthetic commercial culture, devoid of meaning behind a collage of symbols.

The danger is that faith and belief in something greater can fall to the wayside of interaction. One of the easiest examples we see is in the newer adolescent and teenage generations growing up who would rather play video games all day then play outside and... BAM! We now have fat kids [not] running around.

Reflection: Week 1 [Monday]

How do you blog on a class where a syllabus was read and the class introduced? Do you regurgitate the course description or do you wax poetic about your love for God and his infinite power to meet others in today's cultural context? How about neither.

Professor Bolger mentioned Lesslie Newbigin as an example of a modern day missionary who sought to clarify the key issues of faith against his experiences in India. I have previously read Newbigin's The Gospel in a Pluralist Society and can say that later watching a video of Newbigin speak was more powerful and provided more depth of knowledge to me than the 250 pages of literature. Don't get me wrong, Newbigin's book is very well written. But this example further speaks to the postmodern medium of film and how sometimes has a greater reach in today's culture.