A New Evanglism in Urban Ministry - Postmodern Conversion 1

A New Evangelism in Urban Ministry
Postmodern Conversion
Timeline of Christianity




Timeline of Christianity Focus on 1500 A.D.
GENERAL CATEGORY SPECIFIC EVENT
1
New Communication
Technology, with profound
effects on how people learn,
The printing press revolutionizes
human culture.
think, and live.
2
New scientific world view with
staggering implications.
Copernicus asserts that the earth
is not the center of the universe.
3
New intellectual elite
emerges, challenging church
Galileo, Newton, Bacon and
others give birth to modern
science.
authority and introducing a
4
new epistemology.
The development of the caravel
New transportation (sailing ship) for long voyages
technology increase makes new exploration possible.
interaction of world cultures. A New Evangelism in Urban Ministry
1
New Communication
human culture.
think, and live.
2
3
science.
4
new epistemology.
1
New Communication
human culture.
think, and live.
2
3
science.
4
new epistemology.
1
New Communication
The printing press
revolutionizes human culture.
think, and live.
2
Copernicus asserts that the
earth is not the center of the
universe.
3
authority and introducing a science.
4
new epistemology.
New transportation The development of the

technology increase caravel (sailing ship) for long
interaction of world cultures. A New makes
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5
Decay of old economic system
and rise of new one.
Market capitalism replaces
feudalism.
6
New military technology.
Development of modern guns
leads to development of
7
infantry and rise of modern
New attack on dominant
nation state.
authorities with defensive
reaction. Protestant Reformation
denies the authority of the
Roman Catholic church.

5
feudalism.
6
New military technology. Development of modern guns
7
nation state.
authorities with defensive Protestant Reformation
reaction. denies the authority of the

5
feudalism.
6
New military technology. Development of modern guns
7
nation state.
authorities with defensive Protestant Reformation
reaction. denies the authority of the

Timeline of Christianity Focus on Today
1
New Communication
Radio and television, and then the
computer and internet
revolutionize human culture.
think, and live.
2
Post Einsteinian theories of
relativity, quantum mechanics,
indeterminacy, and the
expanding universe unsettle the
stable, mechanistic worldview of
modern science; psychology,
psychiatry, neuropsychology, and
psychopharmacology create new
ways of seeing ourselves and new
crises in epistemology.
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philosophy
1
New Communication
Radio and television, and then
the computer and internet
revolutionize human culture.
think, and live.
2
Post Einsteinian theories of
relativity, quantum mechanics,
indeterminacy, and the
expanding universe unsettle
the stable, mechanistic
worldview of modern science;
psychology, psychiatry,
neuropsychology, and
psychopharmacology create
new ways of seeing ourselves
and new crises in
epistemology.
3
New intellectual elite emerges,
challenging church authority and
introducing a new epistemology.
Postmodern philosophy
challenges all existing elites
and deconstructs existing
epistemologies.
4
New transportation technology
increase interaction of world
cultures.
The development of air travel
leads to the trivialization of
national borders and
intensifies the interaction of
5
world cultures.
The global economy
transforms both communism
and capitalism, and the
development of e-commerce
suggests further market
revolution.
3
new epistemology. epistemologies.
4
New transportation
technology increase
interaction of world cultures. national borders and
5
world cultures.
The global economy
development of e-commerce
suggests further market
revolution.
3
new epistemology. epistemologies.
4
New transportation
technology increase
interaction of world cultures. national borders and
5
world cultures.
Decay of old economic
system and rise of new one.
The global economy
development of
e-commerce suggests
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market revolution.
6
New military technology. Air warfare and nuclear
weapons change the face of
warfare, and the new threats
of terrorism (especially
chemical and biological),
power-grid sabotage, and
cybercrime begin to
7
revolutionize the role of
New attack on dominant governments in keeping the
authorities with defensive peace.
reaction.
Secularism, materialism, and
urbanism contribute to the
decline of institutional religion
worldwide; fundamentalist
movements arise in reaction
and self-defense.
6
New military technology. Air warfare and nuclear
weapons change the face of
warfare, and the new threats
of terrorism (especially
chemical and biological),
power-grid sabotage, and
cybercrime begin to
7
revolutionize the role of
New attack on dominant governments in keeping the
authorities with defensive peace.
reaction.
Secularism, materialism, and
urbanism contribute to the
decline of institutional religion
worldwide; fundamentalist
movements arise in reaction
and self-defense.

Postmodern Culture
What is Culture?
Culture is essentially a construct that describes the
total body of belief, behaviors, knowledge, sanctions,
values and goals that mark the way of life of a people
… In the final analysis it compromises the things that
people have, the things they do, and what they think.
Melvin Herskovitz

Postmodern Culture
What is Culture?
Culture is the outcome and product of social
interaction. Consequently, people are active
creators rather than passive receivers of
culture.
Anthony Cohen

Timeline

Postmodern Culture
What is Culture?
Focal Motives

Post-modern Conversion




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