Evangelization is at the heart of the task, but it is not all the task. He said that modernity is the apex of the enlightenment, characterized by a great confidence in people's ability to fix things. The evangelical and liberal traditions were both subverted by modernity's rationalism. The shift to post-modernity, which came first through the English departments of secular universities, results in the view that there is great unpredictability in the universe and we cannot fix things. There is no great story.
Truth is elusive or non-existent.
It is associated with great pessimism. Generation Xers are deeply cynical about institutions and very eclectic in spirituality. You live for sound-bite experiences. But they did not return to the tradition of their youth. They went to independent and charismatic churches, especially larger ones.