The Ambiguous Legacy of Modernism

Abstract

“Critical modernism has not yielded unified convictions but rather a host of alternative theologies and hermeneutical strategies. To make this observation is not to suggest that the clergy should hide all confusions from the laity. Candor is required, but honesty is not likely to be edifying unless pastors and educators stand ready to offer something more than a catalogue of competing views or questions. Here again one faces the need for constructive theological affirmations without which critical modernism will serve to dethrone idols but not to build faith.”