postmodernism, reality and faith

Slide 1: Tim Berners Lee: www Jean-François Lyotard: Postmodernism Jesus Christ: Christianity

Slide 2: Tim Berners Lee Invented WWW.

Slide 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee

Slide 4: WWW: Reality is fragmented, like a mozaik.

Slide 6: Postmodernism: The collapse of the "Grand Narrative" Jean-François Lyotard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean- Fran%C3%A7ois_Lyotard

Slide 7: The collapse of the "Grand Narrative” : The end of the religion End of Christianity: The Dead Sea Scrolls, a body of 600 ancient Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts on papyrus and leather. Just discovered in 1947, the collection includes hymns, commentary, apocalyptic writings, and sections of the Old Testament dated between 200 BC and 100 AD.

Slide 10: Entered in a contest as a fresh image of Jesus for the 2000th anniversary of his birth, "Christ II" is composed of images of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a body of 600 ancient Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts on papyrus and leather. Just discovered in 1947, the collection includes hymns, commentary, apocalyptic writings, and sections of the Old Testament dated between 200 BC and 100 AD, roughly contemporaneous to the historical Christ. http://www.photomosaic.com/index.htm

Slide 11: Jesus Christ: Christianity Get used to postmodernism. Think narrative. So: The never ending story ? Lots of small stories make up a grand narrative? Faith is a personal narrative ? relationship to God ?