Axxess to the great emergence
Much has been written in recent months on several topics that I feel are important: The decline of the church The rise of the none & done The decline of Driscoll The emergent church movement The trend of trolling for truth Gay marriage and the church response Racism and the church response and more Not …
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Tony Jones posted on his blog a link to a new documentary on the real roots of the emergent church by Elliot Nesch. At first, I thought it was a joke – until I watched the trailer and realized it is another critique on the movement because of the embrace of postmodern philosophy. I just …
A Request for Papers has been issued by Syracuse for the next Postmodernism, Culture and Religion Conference. This is a good conference and a great resource for anyone desiring to listen in on the discussion of the future of Religion and Postmodernism. last years conference was worth the effort – just to experience Zizek live …
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Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks for making it to the Stanley Cup Finals. I am not a Blackhawks fan, but an old friend, John Franke, is. One of my most memorable dinner conversations took place in Houston, Texas over a decade ago. Chris Seay and the Ecclesia community graciously hosted the Emergent Theological conversation on the Bible. …
Bill Moyers Journal had a great segment on July 3rd, 2009 it included three scholars Cornel West from Princeton, Serene Jones from Yale (now at Union) and Gary Dorrien from Union. The video(s) are worth watching. The topics include: Social Justice Original Sin Pluralism Morality Capitalism The Prosperity Gospel The Social Gospel Movement Walter Rauschenbusch Modern …
I started writing a book about ten years ago, the working title I gave the book:Â “The Death of Truth and the Commodification of Christ”. I have never sought to publish the book because the tone of the book is angry and back in the early days of emergent all of us were labeled as “angry …
I am not a blogger – by evidence that I never post, so most will never read this, but I should write this just the same – it is the right thing to do. I am posting in defense of Mark Driscoll. There is recent discussion/posting about Driscoll’s cussing, in part due to the NYTimes Magazine …
The Religion and Postmodernism conference next year is The Politics of Love AÂ group of us from Texas are going – if you are planning to attend – let me know and we will plan to hang out some evening! We are planning on renting a House on Lake Oneida – it should be fun! Marion, …
Pete Rollins was in town over the weekend and I had a chance to hang out with him at Peyton and Lauren’s house on Saturday. It probably goes without saying – I am a big fan. You just don’t meet a lot of folks who can reference Wittgenstein, Descartes, Caputo, Westphall and Rorty in response …
This is a post from a discussion board on theooze many years ago. Rob sets out to mock emergent ideas about truth, certainty and the Bible…I thought it was necessary to respond with my own thoughts on the matter. By Rob Woodrum WARNING; long post ahead, laced with extreme sarcasm, my own personal frustrations and my …