Title
Authentically Emergent: In Search of a Truly Progressive Christianity
Files
School/Department
Talbot School of Theology
Description
Are Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, Doug Pagitt, and Rob Bell “yesterday’s news,” as many evangelicals seem to think? Truth and the New Kind of Christian (2005) tried to provide a balanced assessment of McLaren’s and Jones’s views. But, they seem to be right about much more that is affecting evangelicals than was realized then. Also, that book misunderstood one of their core claims: everything is interpretation. Moreover, their views have developed over the years, e.g., ethically about colonialism, its influences, and how we should live now. They also have advanced several further claims about the gospel and traditional doctrines. To what extent should Christians embrace their views? Are these the ways to go forward toward a more authentic Christianity, one that is morally better, and a better fit, for our times? Like Truth, this book gives careful attention to their thought. It also offers its own portrait of major shaping influences on Western, Americanized Christianity. But, there remains a root issue that keeps the Western church, whether progressive emergents or evangelicals, in its “Babylonian captivity.” It is liberation from that root that will lead to an authentically emergent Christianity.
Keywords
Poastmodernism--Religious aspects; Evangelism; Chruch and the world
ISBN
978-1532640391
Publication Date
8-8-2018
Document Type
Book
Publisher
Cascade Books
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Smith, R. Scott (2018). Authentically Emergent: In Search of a Truly Progressive Christianity. Cascade Books.
https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-books/457