…this new mode of postmodern rationality is frightening to some Christians. They find it frightening because they have completely succumbed to a one-sided objectivism out of a deep-seated fear of the dangers of relativism. Without an objective and infallible source of meaning, so their reasoning goes, the truth claims of the gospel seem to be undermined. Hence, their response is to ground Christian belief in an infallible text, an infallible experience, or an infallible magisterium.
“Reading the Scriptures Faithfully in a Postmodern Age”, in Davis, E.F. and Hays, R.B.(eds.), The Art of Reading Scripture, 112

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Re: Quote: William Stacy Johnson: The fear of postmodernism
I’m sure you’ve read Jamie Smith’s, Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? I’d like to dip into it one day soon.
Re: Quote: William Stacy Johnson: The fear of postmodernism
Sorry about the broken comment thing, Scott. It’s fixed now. I haven’t read Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism, but I’m sure it would be a good introduction to the subject.
I’m thinking of posting quotes like this from time to time without directly reflecting on them. If others are provoked into commenting, all well and good.