Worship and spirituality as a praxis-orientated apologetic in a post-modern world (the New Age) - an incarnational engaged approach
This article highlights certain tenets of postmodernism and then attempts to provide an evangelical Christian response. Postmodern ideology and its religious face as reflected in the New Age movement need not cause disquietude or be derided. Rather, postmodern thought should be allowed to challenge...
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This article highlights certain tenets of postmodernism and then attempts to provide an evangelical Christian response. Postmodern ideology and its religious face as reflected in the New Age movement need not cause disquietude or be derided. Rather, postmodern thought should be allowed to challenge any premodern fundamentalism and modern rationalism char the evangelical Church has uncritically internalised or embraced. Postmodernism provides an incredible opportunity to develop new methods to demonstrate the Gospel message of love and hope. In this article it is argued that this is best done through the supernatural power of an incarnational, engaged worship and spirituality (of adoration and action). Then, uncondidonal and sacrificial love is demonstraced as a praxis-orientated apologetic through the Christian's life-story. Christian truth claims need to be authenticated, convictions must be acted out, to provide plausibility, persuasion, incentive and inducement in a pluralistic and relativistic postmodern world that is aware and hungers after spirituality.
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| spelling | doaj-art-35598cba36e44367a82df08474dc27ae2025-02-11T12:37:51ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90891999-12-0119210.38140/at.v19i2.5991Worship and spirituality as a praxis-orientated apologetic in a post-modern world (the New Age) - an incarnational engaged approachEK Foshaugen0University of the Free State, South Africa This article highlights certain tenets of postmodernism and then attempts to provide an evangelical Christian response. Postmodern ideology and its religious face as reflected in the New Age movement need not cause disquietude or be derided. Rather, postmodern thought should be allowed to challenge any premodern fundamentalism and modern rationalism char the evangelical Church has uncritically internalised or embraced. Postmodernism provides an incredible opportunity to develop new methods to demonstrate the Gospel message of love and hope. In this article it is argued that this is best done through the supernatural power of an incarnational, engaged worship and spirituality (of adoration and action). Then, uncondidonal and sacrificial love is demonstraced as a praxis-orientated apologetic through the Christian's life-story. Christian truth claims need to be authenticated, convictions must be acted out, to provide plausibility, persuasion, incentive and inducement in a pluralistic and relativistic postmodern world that is aware and hungers after spirituality. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/5991PostmodernismEvangelical Christianity |
| spellingShingle | EK Foshaugen Worship and spirituality as a praxis-orientated apologetic in a post-modern world (the New Age) - an incarnational engaged approach Acta Theologica Postmodernism Evangelical Christianity |
| title | Worship and spirituality as a praxis-orientated apologetic in a post-modern world (the New Age) - an incarnational engaged approach |
| title_full | Worship and spirituality as a praxis-orientated apologetic in a post-modern world (the New Age) - an incarnational engaged approach |
| title_fullStr | Worship and spirituality as a praxis-orientated apologetic in a post-modern world (the New Age) - an incarnational engaged approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Worship and spirituality as a praxis-orientated apologetic in a post-modern world (the New Age) - an incarnational engaged approach |
| title_short | Worship and spirituality as a praxis-orientated apologetic in a post-modern world (the New Age) - an incarnational engaged approach |
| title_sort | worship and spirituality as a praxis orientated apologetic in a post modern world the new age an incarnational engaged approach |
| topic | Postmodernism Evangelical Christianity |
| url | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/5991 |
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