Postmodernism: characteristics, themes, and cultural impact
Introduction
Postmodernism is, according to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), a reaction to the "assumed certainty of scientific, or objective efforts to explain reality." The real understanding of life, according to postmodernism, is what one's mind – in its own personal reality – tries to figure out and decipher about life. Moreover, postmodernism is very suspicious of explanations that "claim to be valid for all groups, cultures, traditions, or races" and instead it focuses on the truth each individual discovers (PBS). Additionally, it is important to note that postmodernism relies on "concrete experience over abstract principles," and the postmodernist person knows the outcomes of life's experiences will likely and necessarily be "fallible and relative, rather than certain and universal" (PBS).
Orthodox Gnosiology Eastern Orthodox Theology
This paper explores the personal, mystical, existential, and philosophical elements of Orthodox Gnosiology and its religious tenants. The paper first explores how the religion balances off of philosophical traditions stating the nature of experiential knowledge. It then moves to show how gnosiology aims to portray how the mere mortal can experience God through the assistance of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit