{"id":1091,"date":"2011-02-06T23:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.convergingzone.com\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/"},"modified":"2011-02-06T23:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T23:46:00","slug":"which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/","title":{"rendered":"Which World Do You Live In? Thomas Hohstadt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Are You \u201cModern,\u201d \u201cPostmodern,\u201d or Something Else? Are you sure? Take this brief test and see.\n

Select which statement in each of the following groups that mostly shares your opinion. At the end of five groups, we will reveal whether you are working with or against history.<\/p>\n

A. The Church will be ready for the future if it retains its vision of progress . . . if it continually improves what it is already doing.<\/p>\n

B. The modern idea of progress is an illusion. The Church can\u2019t move into the future by simply improving itself.<\/p>\n

C. Postmodernism is mostly about the death of modern thinking and offers few plans for the future. Meanwhile, a completely new and positive way of thinking is emerging.<\/p>\n

A. Scripture is a storehouse of facts that accurately describes reality, so our challenge is to figure out the facts.<\/p>\n

B. Scripture does not contain facts. It is a relative truth, because its writers and readers never escaped their subjectivity or the inadequacy of their language.<\/p>\n

C. Scripture speaks only through the voice of the Spirit and transcends both interpreters and interpretations. We must learn, though, how to let Scripture speak for itself.<\/p>\n

A. The most persuasive sermons build logical lines of thought which arrive at sound theological doctrines.<\/p>\n

B. \u201cLogical lines of thought\u201d have never proven what the modern world promised. Since these overly ambitious ideas are now outmoded, it\u2019s time to wipe the slate clean.<\/p>\n

C. \u201cWiping the slate clean\u201d removes neither God nor His Universal Truth. Contrary to postmodern opinion, \u201ctruth\u201d is not something we subjectively invent. It is a reality we encounter.<\/p>\n

A. The language skills of rhetoric and oratory prove the best hope for spreading the \u201cWord.\u201d<\/p>\n

B. All languages reflect our manipulating self-interest and subjectivity. So we will never bring objective honesty to the Word or anything else.<\/p>\n

C. Postmodernism wrongly calls every language a \u201cfailed language.\u201d The Church knows a spiritual language that transcends us, the language itself, and the culture that gives rise to it. This language is the language of the Word.<\/p>\n

A. A true and clear interpretation of the Gospel requires setting aside our emotions and feelings.<\/p>\n

B. All interpretations of the Gospel are subjective in the first place, so we should avoid telling others what to believe. The only reality is one\u2019s own thinking and feeling.<\/p>\n

C. The Church has long known a \u201cknowing of the heart\u201d that transcends our subjectivity . . . our intellect . . . and our differences. This \u201cknowing\u201d is essential to the Gospel.<\/p>\n

<<<>>><\/p>\n

If you selected mostly \u201cA\u201d statements, you are firmly stuck in the modern period. If you selected mostly \u201cB\u201d statements, consider yourself a postmodernist. However, if you selected mostly \u201cC\u201d statements, you are living victoriously in a POST-postmodern world.<\/b><\/p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are You \u201cModern,\u201d \u201cPostmodern,\u201d or Something Else? Are you sure? Take this brief test and see. Select which statement in each of the following groups that mostly shares your opinion. At the end of five groups, we will reveal whether you are working with or against history. A. The Church will be ready for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1596,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ricciardelli"],"yoast_head":"\nWhich World Do You Live In? Thomas Hohstadt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are You "Modern," "Postmodern," or Something Else? Are you sure? Take this brief test and see.Select which statement in each of the following groups that\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which World Do You Live In? Thomas Hohstadt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are You "Modern," "Postmodern," or Something Else? Are you sure? Take this brief test and see.Select which statement in each of the following groups that\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Robert Ricciardelli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-06T23:46:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"editorconvergingzone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"editorconvergingzone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/\",\"name\":\"Which World Do You Live In? Thomas Hohstadt\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-06T23:46:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-02-06T23:46:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#\/schema\/person\/6172744eba8e77868fa7c5e32bcc9693\"},\"description\":\"Are You \\\"Modern,\\\" \\\"Postmodern,\\\" or Something Else? Are you sure? Take this brief test and see.Select which statement in each of the following groups that\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Which World Do You Live In? Thomas Hohstadt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/\",\"name\":\"Robert Ricciardelli\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#\/schema\/person\/6172744eba8e77868fa7c5e32bcc9693\",\"name\":\"editorconvergingzone\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6caef43b6ab6108600ca2cbdf4334ab3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6caef43b6ab6108600ca2cbdf4334ab3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"editorconvergingzone\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/author\/editorconvergingzone\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Which World Do You Live In? Thomas Hohstadt","description":"Are You \"Modern,\" \"Postmodern,\" or Something Else? Are you sure? Take this brief test and see.Select which statement in each of the following groups that","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Which World Do You Live In? Thomas Hohstadt","og_description":"Are You \"Modern,\" \"Postmodern,\" or Something Else? Are you sure? Take this brief test and see.Select which statement in each of the following groups that","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/","og_site_name":"Robert Ricciardelli","article_published_time":"2011-02-06T23:46:00+00:00","author":"editorconvergingzone","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"editorconvergingzone","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/","name":"Which World Do You Live In? Thomas Hohstadt","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-02-06T23:46:00+00:00","dateModified":"2011-02-06T23:46:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#\/schema\/person\/6172744eba8e77868fa7c5e32bcc9693"},"description":"Are You \"Modern,\" \"Postmodern,\" or Something Else? Are you sure? Take this brief test and see.Select which statement in each of the following groups that","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/ricciardelli\/which-world-do-you-live-in-thomas-hohstadt\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Which World Do You Live In? Thomas Hohstadt"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/","name":"Robert Ricciardelli","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#\/schema\/person\/6172744eba8e77868fa7c5e32bcc9693","name":"editorconvergingzone","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6caef43b6ab6108600ca2cbdf4334ab3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6caef43b6ab6108600ca2cbdf4334ab3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"editorconvergingzone"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/author\/editorconvergingzone\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/robertricciardelli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}