Comments on: Postmodern Architecture

By: Jessica Lyon

Jessica Lyon — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:29:03 +0000

Ravi Zacharias is one of the most profound writers and speakers I have ever read/heard. If you ever get the opportunity to hear him – do it – especially when he does large public forums at public universities.

By: Chris Reeder

Chris Reeder — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:41:14 +0000

Dropped the HAMMER!

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:55:38 +0000

Peter Leithart has an interesting post about foundations and postmodernism:
http://www.leithart.com/2010/01/28/postmodernism-rightly-understood/#more-7432

By: Theologian

Theologian — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:32:58 +0000

joah thank yuou for your response. To better understand where I am coming from read the story again. The host calls the building a sensless building and seems to bemoan that fact as if he was saying can you believe someone gave him money to build a senseless building. However, in the version JT reproduces RZ seems to make a non-sequitor by saying that the foundation question caused silence. Anyone who has ever praeched or taught a lot has faced the temptation to change a story just a bit to make one’s point. RZ is brilliant and makes a good point, so I wondered if when he shares this in a talk he gives more explanation. I apologize if my sincere questioning caused you to become upset. I think your initial comments to me were helpful, but your last comment seemed more like an ad hominem attack. Nevertheless, thank u for responding

By: SoSprichtDerHERR

SoSprichtDerHERR — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:39:28 +0000

Do the majority of the people in here actually know what postmodernism is?

I doubt it.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:18:08 +0000

I do like the quote, but postmodernists actually eat this kind of thing up. The reason postmodernists are postmodernist is because they know that when humans make philosophical/epistimelogical foundations, those foundations are dust in the wind. The true foundation is the one that God gives us, but in this quote, RZ seems to be saying that humans can and should set up a foundation for what they believe. I love apologetics, but sometimes it seems like revelation is left out.

By: Josh Golackson

Josh Golackson — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:55:01 +0000

Theologian, are you serious? You are questioning the historicity of a 2 minute conversation that happened in a car between 2 people and asking if anyone knows more about the context of the story? If you can’t take RZ at his word for an accurate retelling of such a simple story, why on earth would you trust some other person who you’ve never heard of to jump on here and claim they have the real “facts”? That is skepticism at its finest!

By: Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:49:31 +0000

Would you trust a postmodern surgeon? A postmodern trial attorney? A postmodern car mechanic? Etc. (Perhaps someone can develop those illustrations.) Then why trust a postmodern preacher?

By: Theologian

Theologian — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:47:13 +0000

This antecdotal story makes it seem like the student was boasting in the postmodern architevture which very well may have been the case. But it seems like it would be incredibl odd to have a student who was hosting RZ be so out of touch with who he was hosting that he woukd bring this up as a positive. It doesn’t take away the point that RZ makes, a very insightful one at that, but it just seems a bit odd. My guess would be that the student was pointing it out to RZ brcause the host new RZ would find it interesting. If this is the case the silence is less a case of being stumped and more a case of being helped. Can somone who knows more of the context of the story please comment. I guedd I am just wondering if this is a case of Christian reconstructionism of a historical event to make an author or speakers poiny,t seem all the more powerful and make the story sound better, or if it actually happened that way.

By: Постмодернистская архитектура | Things Inside My Heart (timh.ru)

Постмодернистская архитектура | Things Inside My Heart (timh.ru) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:34:25 +0000

[...] Джастин Тэйлор в своем блоге процитировал следующий отрывок из лекции Рави Захариаса, прочитанной на молитвенном завтраке в ООН в 2002г. Ohio State University Wexner Center Я помню, как однажды я приехал прочитать лекцию в государственный университет Огайо, один из самых крупных университетов США. За несколько минут до лекции мы проезжали с организатором мимо здания под названием Концертный зал им. Векснера (Wexner Center for the Performing Arts), и он сказал мне: “Это первое постмодернистское здание в Америке”. [...]

By: Jason Chamberlain

Jason Chamberlain — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:36:30 +0000

As an OSU alum in ’95 I am glad to finally see some purpose in this building, though not at all what was intended by the architect.

By: Matt Wolfgang

Matt Wolfgang — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:29:58 +0000

Boom goes the dynamite!

By: Scott C

Scott C — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:02:28 +0000

Before entering the ministry I was an architect. Poatmodernism as an architectural style was in vogue starting in the late 60′s and beginning to wane in the late 80′s (perhaps best represented by Robert Venturi and Michael Graves). It gave way in the 90′s to what is known as Deconstructivism (best represented by Frank Gehry). By the late 90′s there was a return to Modernism (i.e. 1920′s to 1960′s) in what is generally termed Neo-modernism (also more Vernacular styles). At least the Postmodern period had a penchant for creating buildings that still delighted in aesthetically pleasing motifs (although distorted in proportion, scale and color). Deconstructivists buildings were (are) disjointed, disorienting, anti-aesthetic and even less purposeful than Postmodern works. However, RZ’s comments would still apply and even more so. Interestingly enough, Postmodernism and now even Deconstructivism is all but dead in the architectural world. These fads (paralleled to some degree in the general arts and literature) long preceded their counterparts in the culture at large. I don’t know what the return to Modernism and Vernacularism in architecture portends for the culture at large, but it is fascinating.

By: Postmodern Architecture « As Grace Extends…

Postmodern Architecture « As Grace Extends… — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:57:50 +0000

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By: Weekly Links (1/29/10) « The Beacon

Weekly Links (1/29/10) « The Beacon — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:52:32 +0000

[...] First up, as you might know by know, I will be teaching an Introduction to Apologetics class at LBC, beginning next week (shameless plug). To that end, let’s kick start this off on the topic of apologetics. First off, I was a bit surprised to discover that renowned atheist Christopher Hitchens actually had a shockingly good grasp on what it means to be a Christian. Compared to so much of what passes today for post-modern evangelicalism, this was a breath of fresh air. And speaking of post-modernism, I found this to be rather amusing and acute. [...]

By: Tyler W.

Tyler W. — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:33:58 +0000

That’s a fun anecdote (though the architect might have had an even funnier view of ‘postmodernism’).

By: Matt Ritchey

Matt Ritchey — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:16:51 +0000

I went to OSU and in 2004 they had to redo much of the foundation, actually.

By: Adam Ekelund

Adam Ekelund — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:32:40 +0000

They left off the quote just following the silence when Ravi says, “Mmmmm, that’s right! That just happened.”

By: Freddy

Freddy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:57:20 +0000

When I first heard that years ago my reaction was the same as most of the comments here. The Lord has used his ministry so much in my life, which is why I am so thankful for him. I love his new ministry motto, “Helping the thinker believe, Helping the believer think”

By: Post-Modern Architecture « Ted Cockle

Post-Modern Architecture « Ted Cockle — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:54:23 +0000

[...] 29 01 2010 Check you a recent entry by Justin Taylor on his blog about post modern architecture. It’s brief, witty, and dead [...]

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:29:14 +0000

That’s good.

By: Dan Erickson

Dan Erickson — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:57:11 +0000

Put so well! Thanks RZ & JT

By: Truth Unites... and Divides

Truth Unites... and Divides — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:48:58 +0000

The Prayer Breakfast Lecture by Ravi is also superb.

By: On the purposelessness of architecture. « The Hiddenness of Blog

On the purposelessness of architecture. « The Hiddenness of Blog — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:31:52 +0000

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By: John

John — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:28:57 +0000

Epic