How (Not) To Speak Of God
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How To Speak Of God is a non-fiction work by Peter Rollins
, the co-ordinator of an emerging church
group called Ikon. Influenced by Ikon services, the book aims to re-envisage faith in the postmodern
world, moving away from dogmatic certainties and towards an appreciation of provisionality, fragility and fragmentation.
Peter Rollins
Peter Rollins is an Irish writer, lecturer, theologian, and philosopher who is associated with the emerging church movement and postmodern Christianity. He is also the founder of the experimental collective Ikon...
, the co-ordinator of an emerging church
Emerging Church
The emerging church is a Christian movement of the late 20th and early 21st century that crosses a number of theological boundaries: participants can be described as evangelical, Protestant, Catholic, post-evangelical, anabaptist, adventist, liberal, post-liberal, reformed, charismatic,...
group called Ikon. Influenced by Ikon services, the book aims to re-envisage faith in the postmodern
Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a philosophical movement evolved in reaction to modernism, the tendency in contemporary culture to accept only objective truth and to be inherently suspicious towards a global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. Postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from the...
world, moving away from dogmatic certainties and towards an appreciation of provisionality, fragility and fragmentation.