Reimaging Xianity in the wake of Modernism's passing
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The Demands of a Post-Modern Society
Apr 24th
From rock music to tourism to television and even education, advertising imperatives and consumer demand are no longer for goods, but for experiences.
- Steven Connor, Postmodernist Culture p.154
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Overheard (Christ’s Travels)
Apr 6th
Christianity was born after the Resurrection in Israel, went to Greece and became a Philosophy, went to Rome and became an institution (and a government), went to the rest of Europe and made it into a culture, and went to America and became a business model.
- Tony Campolo, on not judging Christianity on its current [...]
The Church and New Cultural Forms
Feb 22nd
“Part of the Christian calling is to appraise any new eth os that shapes the culture in which God calls believers to live as his people. One goal of this task is to equip the church to articulate and embody the gospel in the context of that culture.” [1]
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A Primer on Postmodernism (Stanley J. Grenz) [...]
Thinking Out Loud
Jan 8th
Complementarianismists :: "We equal but different roles, honey. Oh, and your role is to submit to my will… promise I'll be nice…" #
Complementarianismists :: "We have equal but different roles, honey. Oh, and your role is to submit to my will… promise I'll be nice…" #
Plantation slaveholders: "Oh, and your role is to submit [...]
We serve the Kingdom, not the Republic
Dec 10th
In one of my classes, we were asked to write a letter to a congregation that was largely white and middle class concerning the influx of a large group of Hispanic immigrants in the community due to the opening of a meat packing plant. Here is my response; it is largely devoid of references to [...]
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