“…That is, without contrasting options, modernist method will appear as it has always appeared-the only "game in town." Here I believe, as do many others (Bevan, 1991;Bohman, 1993;Dennis, 1995;Gadamer, 1982;Harmon, 1993;Polkinghorne, 1983Polkinghorne, , 1990Robinson, 1985;Slife, 1993;Slife, 1997), postmodernism can make a positive contribution, particularly postmodernism as broadly rendered-including phenomenology and hermeneutics. 8 I should emphasize at the outset, however, that this newest of intellectual movements should itself be approached with caution.…”