Meltdown

MELTDOWN
By Marcus Honeysett
IVP. 224 pages. £6.99
ISBN 0 85111 492 X

This is an excellent book. Written primarily for students but suitable for any Christian it is an accessible guide to postmodernism.

Part I considers the basic premises and tells us what Foucault, Derrida, Benjamin, Butler and Baudrilliard say, in an analysis of their seminal writings. It takes little for granted and gives us the phonetic spellings of their names as well. It discusses them round the basis of case studies founded on real situations. Part II deals with the practicalities of how postmodernism affects our culture, worship, Bible study and work. There is a helpful bibliography. The book is based on much practical work among today's students and has been honed in many seminars.

For those who have found 'The Gagging of God' by Carson a little intimidating, this book by a UCCF team leader is thoroughly recommended. It is a book that calls you to buy two copies, one to keep and re-read, and one to give to a young friend or relative at university.

John Marsh

© Evangelicals Now - January 2003
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Main Articles

• Which way for Anglicans?
  Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney, on the future of the Church of England
• A day to remember - Anniversaries for 2003
  Joy Horn tells us when we should be commemorating John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards and others
• BBC's Ten Great Britons
• How do you spot a gospel minister?
  Vaughan Roberts of St Ebbe's, Oxford, expounds Colossians 1.24-29
• The gospel in student hands
  An interview with Lindsay Brown, IFES General Secretary
• Something's wrong
  Peter Comont visits an exhibition of Tracey Emin's work
• The devil's beatitudes
• Is evolution atheistic?
• An invisible notice board
• Monthly column on hymns and songs
  Going for a song
• Monthly column on the arts
  To the Great Omnibus in the sky
• Monthly column for youth leaders
  The Power Game - a Lord of the Rings talk
• A hiding to nothing?
  On the campaign to undermine the proper discipline of children
• Gap-Year Globe Trotters: More kindness than we could ever repay
• Monthly column on student work
  Studying theology?
• The Dhimmitude of the West

Other articles

• The Heavenly Man - Saved at 16, a leader in the house church movement in China during the 1980s and 90s, he suffered terribly in prison. Here he relates some of his story.
• The Heavenly Man - A second extract from his book
• Without looking down
• Discovering Christ in Genesis
• Meltdown
• God, Time & Stephen Hawking - An exploration into origins
• Encountering Religious Pluralism - The challenge to Christian faith and mission
• Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions - Jesus, Revelation and Religious Traditions
• 90,000 Hours
• Journey with David Brainerd
• 365 Days with Spurgeon
• Good News For All Nations - Mission at the heart of the New Testament
• A Long Way East of Eden
• Himalayan Vision - 50 years in Nepal
• People My Teachers - Around the world in 80 years
• An Illustrated Survey of the Bible
• Know the Bible
• Transforming Communities - Re-imagining the church for the 21st century
• Faith Works - Lessons on spirituality and social action
• I Love My Work