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  • Good description of the way in which secular culture what I call Modernism infects much 'conservative' theology, and also why 'Sola Scriptura' cannot survive the change in culture.

    The Myth of Expository Preaching Sam Norton 2006

  • In the end, Mr. Pells is so generous in his definition of Modernism that, if you accept his terms, it is hard to argue with his theory that America's cultural dynamism essentially became the most efficient way for the Western world to broadcast its changing values back to itself.

    Making It New in the New World Steven Watson 2011

  • Modernism is sometimes interchangeable with liberalism.

    Intrusive Government: Quotes From the Past 2009

  • In the end, Mr. Pells is so generous in his definition of Modernism that, if you accept his terms, it is hard to argue with his theory that America's cultural dynamism essentially became the most efficient way for the Western world to broadcast its changing values back to itself.

    Making It New in the New World Steven Watson 2011

  • It's called Arte Moderne and if you're looking for a great selection of antiques from the various movements in Modernism, then this is the place to go.

    April 2008 2008

  • Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Teco in Modernism Magazine's Fall 2008 Issue:

    Teco in Modernism Magazine's Fall 2008 Issue 2008

  • It's called Arte Moderne and if you're looking for a great selection of antiques from the various movements in Modernism, then this is the place to go.

    A Sampling Of Arte Moderne 2008

  • Well the Post-Modern approach, which emphasizes how Modernism is all about Discipline, would say that "And Tango Makes Three" is all about the act of taming savages, (or, assimilating difference).

    "Mad Bitches Against Gay People" Roger Sutton 2007

  • Hearing the mathematical atonalities of Modernist music, seeing the geometric abstractions of Modernist architecture, we might be forgiven for thinking that Modernism is merely Rationalism by another name, implacably opposed to the Romantic.

    The Eternal Moment of Modernity Hal Duncan 2007

  • Though the names of "Romanticism" and "Rationalism" were born in the Enlightenment, the aesthetics that they map to are as old as civilisation; and the conflict between them, from which the aesthetic of Modernism is generated, goes back to the wrestling of Gilgamesh and Enkidu on the threshold of a doorway on the day of a wedding feast in the ancient city of Uruk.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Hal Duncan 2007

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