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NAME; BOT CYNTHIA LYOP

MAT. NO.; BHU/21/01/06/0025


DEPT.; NURSING
COURSE; BST 203
LEVEL; 200
DATE;

Assignment
Briefly define the following postmordern ideologies according to Christian
worldview;
a. postmordernism
b. exclusivism
c. inclusivism
d. pluralism
e. consumerism
f. relativism

ANSWER
Introduction;
Postmordern ideologies and philosophies of the late 20 th century characterized by
broad skepticism, subjectivism or relativism, a general suspicion of reason and an
acute sensitivity to the role of ideology in asserting and maintaining political and
economic power.

1. POSTMORDERNISM
Postmordernist belief that there is no objective truth. This worldview is at odds
with the Christian worldview because postmordernism has not accepted
revelation and scripture as a means of knowledge. This view suggests that the
truth is relative and may be generally reflected by the general public in
statements such as “that maybe true for you, but It’s not for me”. However
postmordernity and Christianity accept that there are universal truths. The
biblical Christian worldview also challenge postmordernism claim that logic and
reason are not universally valid but are merely conceptual constructs. The laws of
reason are not universal principles that underly our reality and thought. Without
them, it is impossible to communicate coherently.

2. EXCLUSIVISM;
Exclusivism is a doctrine or belief that only one particular religion or belief system
is true. While exclusivism is originally used to define Christianity, exclusivism can
apply to other religious beliefs. Christian exclusivist point to John’s gospel (14:6)
which quotes Jesus saying, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through me”. Hence according to Christian exclusivist,
there is salvation only for Christians.

3. INCLUSIVISM;
Inclusivism holds that while a particular religion such as Christianity is one true
faith, other faiths are st least partially true and therefore are valid ways of
reaching salvation until gospel can be preached to them. This worldview is
commonly held by the roman catholics and seventh day Adventists. There are two
schools of inclusivist, traditional inclusivism which asserts that the believer’s own
views are true only in their particular context and believers of other traditions
have their own validity and relative exclusivism which asserts that an unknown
set of assertions are absolutely true, that no human being currently living have
partially ascertained absolute truth. Strands of both types of inclusivist thought
run through incluvistic faiths.
4. PLURALISM;
Pluralism can be defined as the simultaneous experiental encounter of various
modes of beliefs. For instance, the catholic theologians began to grapple with the
question of the fate of the unevangelized only during the discovery of the new
world by the missionaries. The prevailing assumption then has been that most of
christiandom heard of those in which millions of people have lived and died
without hearing the gospel. In Christian thought, pluralistic theories assume that
other religions might be equally true. Pluralism contrasts with exclusivism and
inclusivism.

5. CONSUMERISM;
Consumerism is the doctrine that the ever increasing consumption of goods is the
basis for a sound economy. There is nothing wrong in having new assets however,
numerous exhortations in the scripture reminds us of the danger, not of having,
but of pursuing these as goals in life (1tim 6:6-10, lk 12:20, 21). Consumerism
drives us to think that we need a particular asset however, it is the consumption
of goods and services to satisfy desires which exceed human needs that Christian
worldview frowns at. According to scriptural view, all that we have is really not
our own 9lk 16:12, ps 50:10-12). Even David acknowledge this in 1 chron 29:14
despite the fact that many of the riches he was given back to God were the spoils
of his wars material things have become the status symbol of our culture. You are
judged by what you have and not who you are. Christian world view holds that
improving your lot in life is not in itself evil but if it becomes your ultimate goal, it
is evil. Jesus taught about material thing and their value his parables and
teachings especially in Lk 10:1-4, 30-36, 12:13-21, 23-31; 16:1-13: 18:18-27). Saint
Paul also taught that through the spirit that we are to get to give ( eph 4: 28).

6. RELATIVISM;
Relativism is the philosophy that moral or ethical propositions do not represent
moral truths but are effected by the environment in the person’s life. Christians
have a world view that believes otherwise based on the biblical worldview of
what is right and wrong issues that are ethically questionable but not specifically
banned in the bible such as gambling, alcoholism, and divorce are examples of
how even seemingly unclear topics are still outlined by God. The Lord gives
Christians the instinctive knowledge of the rights and wrongs based on scripture
that does and will not change, contradictory to the constantly evolving culture
that is ,moral relativism.

REFERENCES
A christan view of postmordernism and it root David Porteous
Postmordern theory brian taylor
Consumerism and Christian ethics Kenneth Himes
Bartleby research
Wikipedia.com
Truthand tidings.com

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