Are We Post-Postmodern? Back to Personally Struggling Between Good vs. Evil?

Описание: The Wicked movies show that we are post-postmodern. Postmodernism is the rejection of Modernism, which is the rejection of Imperial Christianity, which is a rejection of the way of Jesus.

Modernism made truth claims that were really power claims in disguise. Postmodernism is the notion that if we undermined truth claims, we would have more equal power. But as we showed in Part 1: Wicked, the Beasts of Revelation, Empire, and Trumpism, we didn't get more equal power. We got authoritarian fascism. Postmodernism led us into Empire.

Can post-postmodernism lead us out? Maybe - if we return to the framework of personal struggle between good vs. evil, truth vs. lies, beauty vs. ugliness? Consider how Elphaba says, "We can't let good be just a word. It has to change things." And how the song For Good says, "I do believe I have been changed for the better." If we believe in character growth, not just character shifts or random changes of opinion, then we are post-postmodern: We believe in a personal struggle between good vs. evil.

0:00 Trailer
1:00 Definition of Postmodernism
2:57 Postmodernism in the movies, Into the Woods (2014) and The Dark Knight (2008)
9:00 Argument #1 from Wicked: Postmodern leads to Empire
14:08 Argument #2 from Wicked: Character growth means good vs. evil
20:07 Argument #3 from Wicked: Character growth means truth vs. lies
31:59 Argument #4 from Wicked: Character growth means beauty vs. ugliness
38:00 Argument #5 from Wicked: We are human beings and human becomings
45:03 Summary

This is the second in a series of three videos. Check out Part 1:    • How Wicked Helps Us Understand the Beasts ...  

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Dr. Rob Dalrymple, a New Testament scholar who focuses on the Book of Revelation, joins Mako Nagasawa of The Anástasis Center.

Rob is the Director of Determinetruth: www.determinetruth.com.

Rob's books, including Follow the Lamb (study guide to Revelation) and Revelation: A Love Story (commentary), can be found here: www.determinetruth.com/rob-s-books

Rob is also a founding member of Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East (NEME): www.neme.network

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