Postmodernism has become a four-letter word among many evangelicals. It has been blamed for every malaise of contemporary society and vilified as the greatest threat to contemporary Christian faith. In The Next Reformation: Why Evangelicals Must Embrace Postmodernity, Carl Raschke acquaints readers with what postmodernism really is, and more importantly, what it is not. He argues that evangelical Christianity has allied itself with non-Christian philosophies, including rationalism and evidentialism, and suggests that breaking this alliance and embracing postmodernism may allow evangelical Christianity to flourish once again as a progressive rather than reactionary force in the present-day world.

Raschke begins with a detailed analysis of the current state of postmodernism and evangelical thought. He provides a background to the controversy, revealing what the term has meant in different contexts and how it relates to contemporary evangelicalism. He describes the development of postmodernism, explores the writings of early postmodernist thinkers, and examines how postmodernist thought has influenced contemporary theology from Derridian deconstruction to Radical Orthodoxy. More

Hope and medicine. Sounds like an oxymoron, huh? But not so! The book title, The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness, only gives a glimpse of this profound book in which Dr. Groopman tells a thrilling story about helping patients with cancer. This is not a “How To” book nor a “once size fits all” book on the opportunity for hope. I have offered this book on more than one occasion to those who are fighting the battle of cancer. Is Dr. Groopman’s story of hope and the Story of God the same? What is EPIC about his approach?