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(More customer reviews)Unlike many books on postmodernism, SoulTsunami gives most time to dealing with ministry implications rather than analysing postmodernism. This practical bent is welcome.
However, Sweet is prone to 'go with the flow' in terms of doing anything to accommodate ministry and church life to the cultural shift. In this sense I found the book too pragmatic in places and with too little obvious theological underpinning.
Another minus: Sweet does not seem to grapple with the issue of overlapping and intersecting cultures. That is, he seems to assume a total postmodern environment rather than recognise that modernism and postmodernism often live alongside one another in the broader culture, in a church (especially intergenerationally)and even within an individual.
So, surprise surprise the book has limits. However, for those struggling to find some starting places in ministry in a postmodern culture the book offers much.
Finally, the 'life-rings' structure for the book and the 'Say What' sections that throw out suggestions, questions, activities etc give the design of the book a thoroughly post-modern feel. Before being irritated by this, readers do well to appreciate that even in this design feature the book is helping them to grapple with the postmodern.
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