Interesting Article
well i am beginning to feel that i am the blogging dork in this group. hope you guys are reading the blog regularly at least, would love to hear some of your feedback on the posts or some feedback on your experiences out and about in worship and conversation.
interesting article in the ny times today about genetics and race theory. really calls into question many of the things i was taught were "facts" in my school days. is this part of the postmodern movement as well? to reexamine many of the constructs of 30-40 years ago, of objective science, fact/value split?(for example in this case the fact was that all humans are essentially alike and that any decision to break us out by race differences were socially constructed values) these aren't new ideas for sure, but they are controversial. not unlike living with multiple atonement theories.
so how do we deal with this without it become complete reletivism? for example, and to relate it to our class. in worship, can we claim that there are better ways to do worship in a postmodern environment? or is it totally contextual? any thoughts from your readings?
posted by Anonymous @ 7:43 AM
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Erik,
I read that article as well- good questions that you have raised.
I just finished reading Ward's Liquid Church and found it pretty interesting. He makes it clear that a "Liquid Church" will be a church that adapts with the current culture but that does not let go of its theological heart. So I wonder, what does this say about the shape of worship? He points out that the goal should be to move "Church" to something that doe not hold a Sunday Morning worship at its center. Does this lessen the importance of worship? thoughts...
Stanley Hauerwaus has been a huge influence on my thinking about what it means to be church today. A "community of character." He says, likewise, that the most important thing the church can do for the world is be the church. He is often criticized for leaning too far into Niebuhr's "Christ against culture" model. And maybe he does. But I heard something very exciting when I first read him 15 or so years ago that began to shape my missional imagination. If you haven't been exposed to his work, track some down. It will push you on these issues, I think.
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