The Predicament of Postmodern Theology: Radical Orthodoxy or Nihilist Textualism?

Gavin Hyman explores in depth two antithetical schools of postmodern theology—the "radical orthodoxy" of John Milbank and the "nihilist textualism" of Don Cupitt. Hyman critiques Milbank's influential project from a postmodern perspective, and then points out the major difficulties with Cupitt's approach. Finally, he explores the work of Mark C. Taylor and Michael de Certeau to articulate a "third way" that leads beyond the responses of both Cupitt and Milbank.