Against the wind with Grenz

I began reading a book "Renewing the Center" by Stanley Grenz. It appears to attempt to sketch out some lines Evangelical Theology should follow in order to meet the challenges of the postmodern era. I've read just the opening pages and thus cannot comment the content but my expectations towards it got lifted by reading the introduction and - among others - his summary of the majority of the similarly aimed works.

He writes (p.22): "We are told that as evangelicals we should either batten down the hatches and wait for the storm to pass, ignore postmodernism as a passing fad that will soon give way to "post-postmodernism," launch a philosophical jihad with the goal of stamping out postmodernism and thereby make the world safe for Christian faith, or do an end run around both postmodernism and modernism by resurrecting some idyllic premodern era."

Like said, I don't know yet how he'll go about it himself, but the summary about others looks interesting. (I especially like the expression "philosophical jihad") However, he does speak of "apologetic appropriation of the philosophical sensitives of the day" of which's mastering brought about the birth of the evangelical revivals in past. This thought separates him clearly from the summarized opponents and makes the book interesting to read.

If any of you have read it and have any thoughts about it, please drop a comment below and share it with me.