More than ever, I find myself offering answers to questions fewer and fewer people are asking. Sweet believes that we train people to minister as modernists , even though we live in a postmodern world. The key is understanding the difference between ideas and ice cream . Presuppositions and practices .
Ideas are that presuppositions and assumptions one holds to in thinking about life and reality.
Life is simpler when the presuppositions and ideas shared within a culture are in sync with the practices and out-workings in society. Such was the case in Western culture for almost 500 years. But no more. Modernity, however, being defined as the outward practices and structures of a society, is actually still quite strong. The key to clearing up this confusion is in making a distinction between modernism and postmodernism , along with a contrast between modernity and postmodernity .