Subject: Re: Liberalism
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:22:35 GMT
From:  (Troy Harris)
Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999 01:24:10 +0000, Robert Davidson > wrote:
>Troy Harris wrote:
>
>> Cant agree with it....if modernism (for the academic community) ended
>> in 1989, when did Post-modernism end?
>
>Where did you get that date?  I would have put modernism in serious decline by the
>mid 60s (in the arts and philosophy).  Andy Warhol et al in the 60s are decidedly
>postmodern.

I refer to current theological thought.

Modernism dates form 1789 (Bastille) to 1989 
( general collapse of communism).  If you think about it, 
ideologically this makes sense.

>> Seems to me like we have differing terms for the same thing, IMHO.
>>
>> But, at least you agree modernity is dead.  Why then be liberal?
>
>It’s a good way to be.  Modernism is back in style.  People have grown tired of the
>vagaries and sillinesses of Derrida et al.

???????

>I’m not picking any bones with a genuine believer in the Catholic faith.  I just
>don’t share it.  Good on you for going for it in your chosen faith however.

Thanks.
Troy H

>Robert Davidson