In postmodern approaches to theology, context determines
everything. Since interpretations of
reality are social constructs, and the subjective context from which one does
theology determines the meaning of just about everything, postmodern theologies
can be exceedingly relativistic, destructively creative, and aggressively
subversive.
This Jesus Creed post from November 5, 2015 is titled
"White Heresy, Black Heresy" was written by Austin Fischer,
author of "Young Restless and no Longer Reformed" who blogs at Purple Theology. The question Fischer frames is one of
orthodoxy vs. orthopraxy as relates to race and justice, but the “context” of
American race struggles takes the whole premise in a dangerous direction. In short, it implicitly celebrates “contextualization”
with a vengeance while hiding a great deal from unsuspecting readers about the
source material. More
