Browsing your web site, I noticed an email exchange (below). Your questioner attributes...
...How Now Shall We Live? to two coauthors, while you respond as though the book had only one author.
To set the record straight, I wrote 27 chapters and the book actually has a third author, Harold Fickett, who wrote the 10 chapters that consist of extended stories. (He is mentioned in the Acknowledgements on p. 498, and in hindsight, his name really should have been on the cover so as I take every opportunity to publicize his contribution.) You might be interested in my book Total Truth, which came out last summer. (www.totaltruthbook.com).
Best regards,
Nancy Pearcey
Colson and McLaren
Charles Colsen and Nancy Pearcey, in their book "How Now Shall We Live" deal at length with the definition and ramifications of postmodernism in Western society. They trace it back to existentialism and are of the opinion that its nonjudgmentalism and moral relativism are responsible for antiChristian sentiment and much of the problems in our society today. You seem to define and apply postmodernism differently. Is there a difference, and if so, can we reconcile what Colsen is saying with what you are saying?
Answer: Yes, you’re right: there is a difference. Chuck’s characterization (postmodern = relativistic, nihilistic, anti-Christian) is, I think, terribly flawed. He’s right – there are dangers in postmodernity. But I think Chuck Colson is much more sanguine about modernity than I am, which explains a large part of our difference. In my newest book, A Generous Orthodoxy, I have a chapter called “emergent,” and I think it will also be helpful in this regard. I should also add that in spite of the areas in which Chuck and I may disagree, I have great respect for him, and we agree on the most important things.
Answer: Nancy – thanks for your note. Please accept my apology – no slighting of you or Harold Fickett was intended. I had an email dialogue on these matters with Dr. Colson (available elsewhere on this site), and I must have been thinking of that dialogue with Dr. Colson in my answer, rather than referring to the actual question which referred to your book – not that dialogue. So sorry! Thanks for your important work.