Who's Afraid of Relativism?: Community, Contingency, and Creaturehood

by James K.A. Smith

Following his successful Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? leading Christian philosopher James K. A. Smith introduces the philosophical sources behind postliberal theology. Offering a provocative analysis of relativism, Smith provides an introduction to the key voices of pragmatism: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Richard Rorty, and Robert Brandom.Many Christians view relativism as the antithesis of absolute truth and take it to be the antithesis of the gospel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801039738
• ISBN13: 9780801039737
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up