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Postmodernism: Image is everything

by Gene Edward Veith

Cover Story Sidebar | There was a time when the biblical worldview was taken for granted, when historical facts, the laws of nature, logical ideas, divine revelation, and moral principles were all issues of truth. Call this time of openness to outside reality "premodern." The narrowing of the mind began in the 18th century when "modernists," giddy with the promise of science and the dream of Enlightenment progress, claimed that the only truths were those testable by scientific rationalism. The modernist

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Just gimme that postmodern religion

by Roy Maynard

Cover Story | A race for the Senate in Arkansas may seem the last place to find a clash of religious worldviews. But that race is not a simple religious right vs. secular left contest, or even religious right vs. religious left. The Fay Boozman-Blanche Lincoln battle pits a traditionalist Christian against a postmodernist Christian. Only in a head-on collision with postmodernism there is no great crash, just a squishy thud.

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In this issue: "Postmodern politics," Sept. 12, 1998

Features

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Russian ruble roulette

by Mindy Belz

International |  As Clinton traveled to Moscow, it was plain that a "free" market cannot outrun corrupt officials

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Players' prayers

National |  Christian Yankees, atop the major-league standings, seem more interested in their standing with God

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Lessons from Lambeth

by Edward E. Plowman

International |  Third World bishops endure insult but protect orthodoxy from injury; homosexual advances in Anglicanism turned back at once-a-decade clergy conference

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Are theological liberals turning against Clinton?

by Cal Thomas

National |  A surprising sermon from the mainline National Cathedral suggests they might be

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Dispatches

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Quotables

Money is not the root of all evil-not having money is. An advertising claim from infomercial pitchman William J. McCorkle. Turns out the Bible had it right,

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This Week

Democrats: Losing Capitol? Who was most spooked by the Dow's wild ride last week? Not corporate executives with stock options in their compensation packages.

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Reviews

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Books: Childhood dreams

by Roy Maynard

Books |  Kiddie lit is a strong point in Christian publishing

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Off the top of your head

by Chris Stamper

Culture |  Slacker's paradise and other cultural buzz

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The New Class struggle

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  Adults, no less than teenagers, often form their beliefs by caving in to peer pressure

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Voices

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Mailbag

Believe it when I see it "Greater cooperation with faith-based organizations" was part of the welfare reform rhetoric two years ago. But as I testified before…

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Where is your trust?

by Janie B. Cheaney

In magic and warm fuzzies, or the shed blood of Christ?

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The question mark

by Joel Belz

It's a symbol of doubts about this president that won't go away

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So far, so good

by Marvin Olasky

Welfare reform is working, but hard challenges remain

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