A "Postmodern" Faith

Over on the blog "Celestial Lands" (by David Pyle, a seminary student at the Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago) David reflects on the possibility of using postmodernism as a model to describe Unitarian Universalism. I must say I am not crazy about the use of the term "postmodern" as it seems to mean so many different things to so many people and is often used to promote a sort-of "anything goes" attitude in which all beliefs and ideas are in some sense "equal." I don't see Unitarian Universalism in that way.

I don't think Mr. Pyle does either, though. He defines "postmodern religion" in this posting in a specific way and his descriptions of the properties of a Postmodern Religion sound a lot like my vision of UUism as well. He is struggling (like all us UUs) to figure out a way to describe this faith and "model" it. That is fine, but the "postmodern" term just has so much baggage... Anyway it is food for thought and a pleasant read!