EDUC 703 QUIZ: POSTMODERNISM &
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Who are the key players of Postmodernism?.
Answer: Walter Truett AndersonJ.L. AustinRoland BarthesJean
BaudrillardJacques DerridaStanley FishMichel FoucaultMartin
HeideggerJacques LacanJean-François LyotardFriedrich NietzscheRichard
RortyLudwig Wittgenstein
◍ Define Christian Postmodernism..
Answer: a hybrid worldview that incorporates elements of postmodern
philosophy and Christian theology.
◍ What does Postmodernism say is wrong with us?.
Answer: Individuals' propensity to believe metanarratives, such as
Christianity.
◍ Gorgias.
Answer: Philosopher of the Greek school or the Sophists taught that because
nothing exists, philosophy and communication were pointless
◍ Define Deconstruction..
Answer: a method of literary analysis that questions the ability of language
to represent reality adequately and seeks to discern and expose the purported
underlying ideologies of a text.
◍ Universal truth.
Answer: Fundamental principle thats accepted as reality across time,
cultures, and places
, ◍ Subjective.
Answer: Based on/influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
different from person to person
◍ Define Postmodernism..
Answer: a skeptical worldview, founded as a reaction to modernism
(Enlightenment thought, such as rationalism and science, that has been used
to discover "objective truth"), which is suspicious of metanarratives and
teaches that ultimate reality is inaccessible, knowledge is a social construct,
and truth claims are political power plays.
◍ What does Postmodernism say about how we should live?.
Answer: - Instead of searching for objective truth, people should favor
pragmatism, the idea that truth is not "out there" to be discerned. - People's
experiences should enable them to generate a theory about living, which
they can use to understand their experiences.
◍ What are some flaws in Postmodernism?.
Answer: 1. Postmodernism highlights important concerns but takes them too
far: we are shaped by our cultures, but this doesn't prevent us from seeing
reality as it actually is2. Postmodernism is blind to the true power struggle
language brings about: since no group can claim to know what is objectively
"right," there's no basis of truth to draw on in opposing a person like Hitler
or Nazis3. Postmodernists contradict themselves: the claim, "there is no
absolute truth" is itself claiming to be absolute truth. Even in their claims
that truth does not exist4. Postmodernism's view of personhood is
unsettling: the idea of the "self" as nothing more than a collage of social
construction is at odds with what we know of others5. Postmodernism, when
applied, can lead to grotesque results: slaughter of millions in the twentieth
century also shows that when words lose their meaning, people lose their
lives
◍ What is the key problem of people in the eyes of Postmodernists?.
Answer: The key problem postmodernists see is that people believe they
know the truth and they proclaim it in a way the makes others
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Who are the key players of Postmodernism?.
Answer: Walter Truett AndersonJ.L. AustinRoland BarthesJean
BaudrillardJacques DerridaStanley FishMichel FoucaultMartin
HeideggerJacques LacanJean-François LyotardFriedrich NietzscheRichard
RortyLudwig Wittgenstein
◍ Define Christian Postmodernism..
Answer: a hybrid worldview that incorporates elements of postmodern
philosophy and Christian theology.
◍ What does Postmodernism say is wrong with us?.
Answer: Individuals' propensity to believe metanarratives, such as
Christianity.
◍ Gorgias.
Answer: Philosopher of the Greek school or the Sophists taught that because
nothing exists, philosophy and communication were pointless
◍ Define Deconstruction..
Answer: a method of literary analysis that questions the ability of language
to represent reality adequately and seeks to discern and expose the purported
underlying ideologies of a text.
◍ Universal truth.
Answer: Fundamental principle thats accepted as reality across time,
cultures, and places
, ◍ Subjective.
Answer: Based on/influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
different from person to person
◍ Define Postmodernism..
Answer: a skeptical worldview, founded as a reaction to modernism
(Enlightenment thought, such as rationalism and science, that has been used
to discover "objective truth"), which is suspicious of metanarratives and
teaches that ultimate reality is inaccessible, knowledge is a social construct,
and truth claims are political power plays.
◍ What does Postmodernism say about how we should live?.
Answer: - Instead of searching for objective truth, people should favor
pragmatism, the idea that truth is not "out there" to be discerned. - People's
experiences should enable them to generate a theory about living, which
they can use to understand their experiences.
◍ What are some flaws in Postmodernism?.
Answer: 1. Postmodernism highlights important concerns but takes them too
far: we are shaped by our cultures, but this doesn't prevent us from seeing
reality as it actually is2. Postmodernism is blind to the true power struggle
language brings about: since no group can claim to know what is objectively
"right," there's no basis of truth to draw on in opposing a person like Hitler
or Nazis3. Postmodernists contradict themselves: the claim, "there is no
absolute truth" is itself claiming to be absolute truth. Even in their claims
that truth does not exist4. Postmodernism's view of personhood is
unsettling: the idea of the "self" as nothing more than a collage of social
construction is at odds with what we know of others5. Postmodernism, when
applied, can lead to grotesque results: slaughter of millions in the twentieth
century also shows that when words lose their meaning, people lose their
lives
◍ What is the key problem of people in the eyes of Postmodernists?.
Answer: The key problem postmodernists see is that people believe they
know the truth and they proclaim it in a way the makes others
