{"id":99737,"date":"2026-06-05T11:43:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?page_id=99737"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:49:46","slug":"christian-worldview-vs-postmodernism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/books-by-dave-armstrong\/christian-worldview-vs-postmodernism","title":{"rendered":"Christian Worldview vs. Postmodernism"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"max-width:660px;margin:8px auto 0;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:13.5px;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/books-by-dave-armstrong\" style=\"color:#1a3a5c;text-decoration:none;\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">\u2190 All Books by Dave Armstrong<\/a><span style=\"color:#b1a68f;\"> \u00a0\/\u00a0 General Christian Apologetics \/ Atheists and Agnostics<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:660px;margin:18px auto;padding:30px 28px;background:#fff;border:1px solid #e8e8e3;border-top:4px solid #c89c2b;border-radius:10px;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davearmstrongbooks.store\/product\/christian-worldview-vs-postmodernism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"text-decoration:none;background-image:none;box-shadow:none;border-bottom:none;\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davearmstrongbooks.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cover_christian-worldview-vs-postmodernism.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Worldview vs. Postmodernism \u2014 book cover\" style=\"height:265px;width:auto;border:1px solid #e8e8e3;border-radius:4px;box-shadow:0 4px 14px rgba(26,58,92,.18);\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:30px;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#1a3a5c;line-height:1.2;margin-top:20px;\">Christian Worldview vs. Postmodernism<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:15px;color:#7a7466;margin-top:8px;\">Dave Armstrong \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 Sep. 2002, 218 pages<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davearmstrongbooks.store\/product\/christian-worldview-vs-postmodernism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#c89c2b;color:#fff;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 24px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;margin:4px 6px;\" class=\" decorated-link\">ePub \u2014 $9.99<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/davearmstrongbooks.store\/buy-in-print\/christian-worldview-vs-postmodernism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#fff;color:#1a3a5c;border:1.5px solid #c89c2b;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 24px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;margin:4px 6px;\" class=\" decorated-link\">Buy in Print \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12.5px;color:#9a8c74;margin-top:10px;\">print &amp; e-book purchases support Dave\u2019s full-time apologetics work<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:660px;margin:44px auto 14px;text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:13px;color:#c89c2b;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.22em;\">ABOUT THIS BOOK<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:70px;height:3px;background:#c89c2b;margin:10px auto 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:660px;margin:0 auto;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16.5px;color:#2a2a2a;line-height:1.75;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:15.5px;color:#2a2a2a;line-height:1.7;text-align:left;margin:0 0 14px;\">A rational, side-by-side comparison of the Christian and postmodernist worldviews. Dave Armstrong takes on the problem of evil, the \u201cproblem of good\u201d and meaningfulness in atheism, miracles, the relationship of Christianity to science, atheist unproven axioms \u2014 and the cosmological and teleological arguments for God\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14.5px;font-weight:bold;color:#1a3a5c;cursor:pointer;text-align:center;\">More from Dave about this book<\/summary>\n<div style=\"margin-top:14px;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:15.5px;color:#2a2a2a;line-height:1.7;text-align:left;margin:0 0 14px;\">[completed in September 2002; published by Lulu in April 2007]<b><br> <\/b> [Cover design by Chad Toney]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:660px;margin:44px auto 14px;text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:13px;color:#c89c2b;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:.22em;\">DEDICATION<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:70px;height:3px;background:#c89c2b;margin:10px auto 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:660px;margin:0 auto;padding:24px 28px;background:#faf8f3;border:1px solid #e8e8e3;border-radius:10px;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:15.5px;color:#2a2a2a;line-height:1.7;text-align:left;margin:0 0 14px;\"> Chapter One: The Rationality of the Christian Worldview<br> Chapter Two: Reflections on Agnosticism, Atheism, and Skepticism<br> Chapter Three: Replies to Atheists\u2019 and Agnostics\u2019 Questions About Christianity<br> Chapter Four: Christian Replies to the Argument From Evil (Free Will Defense): Is God Malevolent, Weak, or Non-Existent Because of the Existence of Evil and Suffering?<br> Chapter Five: The \u201cProblem of Good\u201d and the Nature of Meaningfulness in Atheism (The Flip Side of the Problem of Evil Argument Against Christianity) [see the <a style=\"color:#1a3a5c;text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2015\/09\/dialogue-w-an-atheist-on-the-problem-of-good.html\" class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">original online dialogue<\/a> with an atheist]<br> Chapter Six: Miracles, Natural Scientific Laws, and the Relationship of Christianity and Metaphysics to the Scientific Method<br> Chapter Seven: The Atheist\u2019s Boundless Faith in Deo-Atomism (\u201cThe Atom-as-God\u201d) [see<a style=\"color:#1a3a5c;text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2015\/08\/atheism-remarkably-childlike-atomistic-faith.html\" class=\" decorated-link decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"> revised online version<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p> Chapter Eight: First Cause: The Cosmological Argument for God\u2019s Existence<br> Chapter Nine: The Teleological Argument for God\u2019s Existence: Irreducible Complexity, and Intelligent Design<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:15.5px;color:#2a2a2a;line-height:1.7;text-align:left;margin:0 0 14px;\"> Appendix One: G.K. Chesterton on Humanist Skepticism<br> Appendix Two: John Henry Newman: The Illative Sense (Epistemology)<br> Appendix Three: John Henry Newman: Biblical Miracles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:660px;margin:40px auto;padding:28px;background:#1a3a5c;border-radius:12px;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davearmstrongbooks.store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"text-decoration:none;background-image:none;box-shadow:none;border-bottom:none;display:inline-block;\" class=\" decorated-link\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;background:#fdfbf6;border:1px solid #c89c2b;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 28px;box-shadow:0 0 0 4px rgba(200,156,43,.35),0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,.35);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davearmstrongbooks.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wordmark_3_cropped.png\" alt=\"Dave Armstrong Bookstore\" style=\"max-width:230px;width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\"><\/span><\/a>\n<div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18px;color:#f0e6cf;margin-top:14px;\">Get <i>Christian Worldview vs. Postmodernism<\/i> at Dave\u2019s Bookstore<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:14px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davearmstrongbooks.store\/product\/christian-worldview-vs-postmodernism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#c89c2b;color:#fff;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 24px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;margin:4px 6px;\" class=\" decorated-link\">ePub \u2014 $9.99<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/davearmstrongbooks.store\/buy-in-print\/christian-worldview-vs-postmodernism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:transparent;color:#f0e6cf;border:1.5px solid #c89c2b;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 24px;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;margin:4px 6px;\" class=\" decorated-link\">Buy in Print \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"max-width:660px;margin:0 auto 24px;text-align:center;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:13.5px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/books-by-dave-armstrong\" style=\"color:#1a3a5c;text-decoration:underline;\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">\u2190 Back to All Books by Dave Armstrong<\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 All Books by Dave Armstrong \u00a0\/\u00a0 General Christian Apologetics \/ Atheists and Agnostics Christian Worldview vs. Postmodernism Dave Armstrong \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 Sep. 2002, 218 pages ePub \u2014 $9.99Buy in Print \u2192 print &amp; e-book purchases support Dave\u2019s full-time apologetics work ABOUT THIS BOOK A rational, side-by-side comparison of the Christian and postmodernist worldviews. 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