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ACTION MEANS ACTION WITH RESPECT TO TEXTS. ON OCCASIONS WHEN ONE CAN SENSE OTHER INTERESTS AT WORK, THE EFFECT IS VERY CURIOUS. IN A POLEMICAL EXCHANGE, FOR INSTANCE, BETWEEN A MARXIST CRITIC AND A POSTSTRUCTURALIST, ONE MAY KNOW WHAT SORT OF EVENT IS BEING STAGED; BUT, AS ONE LISTENS TO THE PRESENTATIONS, AND COMPARES THE ELOQUENCE ON BOTH SIDES WITH ITS APPARENT SUBJECT, ONE SEES THAT CRITICISM IS NOT THE POINT AT ALL. THEY ARE REALLY ARGUING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE-A SOCIAL QUESTION OF SOME KIND-THOUGH NEITHER KNOWS IT YET. SKEPTICS LIKE TO REPLY THAT THE UNDERGROUND QUALITY OF SUCH ENCOUNTERS IS A SIGN OF A HOPELESS CULTURAL MOMENT.

The Post-American is committed to radical discipleship." So begins a descriptive statement about a publication that seeks to serve as a forum for an emerging consciousness. Its message is both old and new—a radical understanding of biblical faith and discipleship. The context of American power and global dominance makes the need for "post-american" vision particularly critical. The publication, first as a tabloid and now as a monthly magazine, has received wide support among people seeking to rediscover the meaning of the Gospel for their lives and their times, people being driven to a new understanding of themselves, their nation and their Christian responsibilities.