End Notes

1 Grenz, Stanley J. A Primer on Postmodernism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 1996, 1.
2 Ibid, 2.
3 Wolf, Maryanne. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. New York: HarperCollins, 2007, 26.
4Grenz, 3.
5 Ibid, 4.
6 Ibid, 4.
7 Ibid, 5.
8 Ibid, 6.
9 Ibid.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid, 7.
12 Ibid, 8.
13 Ibid, 7.
14 Ibid.
15 Ibid, 9.
16 “Not-knowing” is defined by Richard L. Hester and Kelli Walker-Jones in Know Your Story and Lead with It on p. 49 as “suspending knowledge and expertise in order to hear something new, something different, something that would not be heard if one moved forward knowingly.”
17 I chose to juxtapose Grenz’ views on modernity and post-modernity with the oil spill in the gulf as a way to both critique and to try to understand a current day situation from both a modern and post-modern world view.
18 Stanley J. Grenz, A Primer on Postmodernism (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996), 19. In Chapter 2, Grenz notes the postmodern world is “centerless.” There is no shared focus or common source of authority. As Congress tried to assess who was at fault for the blow out on the rig, neither company was willing to accept full responsibility. Ultimately, BP agreed to pay for the clean up, but this is more the result of the contractual and legal documents originally signed by BP and Deep Water Horizons when the agreement was made for Deep Water to drill the offshore well. As a further note of explanation, it is standard industry practice for the operator (BP) not the drilling company (Deep Water Horizons) to contractually be responsible for the cost of blow out and the costs associated with the ensuing clean-up.
19 Ibid, 2.
20 Tom Brokaw, interview by Matt Lauer, Today Show, NBC, June 29, 2010.
21 Grenz, 7.
22 Ibid, 5.
23 Ibid, 7.
24 Ibid.
25 Ibid.
26 Ibid.
27 Ibid.
28 The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983. Originally he proposed seven intelligences, as listed above. Later, he added the naturalist to the list.