Week 4, Barker, Chapter 8

In reading this chapter I thought about the role of the enlightenment in relationship to the creation of identity. The shifting away from the enlightenment idea of the rationality of the individual to a post-modern identity whereby we're defined by many different and fragmented identities. After understanding this shift and seeing where our culture sits today in it's post-modern context, I think that we must discover how agency plays into this in terms of acting as an agent of change to make a difference. If we're to relate this to the role of the church being and agency in the community how does that play out in our post-modern context? How do we relate to others? How do we effect change?