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emergence:
the Church in the 21st Century
Where are we in the history of faith?
Harvey Cox: Three Ages - A. Age of Faith B. Age of Beliefs C. Age of the Spirit
Phyllis Tickle: Great Fall of Rome, Great Schism, Great Reformation ... Great Emergence
Brian McLaren: Prehistoric, Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Postmodern/Postcolonial Matrix
Ewert Cousins (Karl Jaspers): Axial Age, 2nd Axial Age (Divergence, Convergence)
Where are we in the history of faith?
Harvey Cox: Three Ages - A. Age of Faith B. Age of Beliefs C. Age of the Spirit
Phyllis Tickle: Great Fall of Rome, Great Schism, Great Reformation ... Great Emergence
Brian McLaren: Prehistoric, Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Postmodern/Postcolonial Matrix
Ewert Cousins (Karl Jaspers): Axial Age, 2nd Axial Age (Divergence, Convergence)
2500+ BC
Prehistoric World
2500+ BC
Prehistoric World
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Medieval World
500 AD - 1500 AD
1500 AD
Printing/GutenbergCaravel/TransportGuns/Infantry/ArtilleryNew EconomyCopernicus/GalileoReformation/Luther
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Medieval World
500 AD - 1500 AD
1500 AD
Printing/GutenbergCaravel/TransportGuns/Infantry/ArtilleryCopernicus/GalileoReformation/Luther
1500 AD - 2000 AD
Modern/Colonial World
1750 AD1500 AD 2000 AD
Postmodern/ Postcolonial World
1950 AD - ???
Medieval World
Print/Screen/InternetNew ScienceNew WeaponsNew TransportationNew EconomyNew Spirituality
1500 AD - 2000 AD
Modern/Colonial World
1750 AD1500 AD 2000 AD
Postmodern/Postcolonial World
1950 AD - ???
Medieval World
Print/Screen/InternetNew ScienceNew WeaponsNew TransportationNew EconomyNew Spirituality
What’s emerging?
Some ways to think of the church that is emerging -
As center a…
a fringe
a stage
a n d a r a n g e.
a stage
Consider that we live in at least three worlds.
Pre-modern world
Non-modern world
Modern world
Emerging worldNOW
Old
Paradigm/
Model
Early
Transition
Late
Transition
Old
Paradigm/
Model
Early
Transition
Late
Transition
Old
Paradigm/
Model
Early
Transition
Late
Transition
New Paradigm/
Model
Old
Paradigm/
Model
Early
Transition
Late
Transition
New Paradigm/
Model
The Churches We Know
The Churches that are emerging
The Churches of Tomorrow
The Churches We Know
The Churches that are emerging
The Churches of Tomorrow
The Churches We Love and Respect
As center
Convergence
Liturgical
Charismatic
Social Action
Evangelical
a fringe
Is this “the emerging church?”
A new “slice of the pie?”
catholic
Anglican
baptist
pentecostal
Or are these the churches that are emerging?
A new ring on the tree…catholic
reformed
baptist
pentecostal
Or are both forms of the church that is emerging?
catholic
reformed
baptist
pentecostal
How will they relate?
margins are
horizons
a r a n g e.
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Anglo-Catholic
Anglican
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Pentecostal
House, Cell, Storefront
Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Anglo-Catholic
Anglican
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Pentecostal
House, Cell, Storefront
Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .
NOTE:
Protestant History - Downward Expansion
Power becomes more widely distributed; control is increasingly limited.
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Anglo-Catholic
Anglican
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Pentecostal
House, Cell, Storefront
Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .
QUESTION:
What happens when various levels learn from one another?
What happens when people inhabit various levels at once?
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
EARLY HOUSE CHURCHES
JESUS AND DISCIPLES … ITINERANT COMMUNITY
NOTE: THE EARLY CHURCH BEGAN AT THE BOTTOM AND EXPANDED UPWARD OVER 3 CENTURIES …
DEEP
ECCLES IOLOGY
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Anglo-Catholic
Anglican
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Pentecostal
House, Cell, Storefront
Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .
PERHAPS GOD’S GOAL IS
DIVERSIFICATION -
NOT DIVISION
NOT UNIFORMITY
BUT
FLEXIBILITY FOR MISSION
emergence and convergence
Modern
CrisisMedieval church
Conservative way
Liberal way
from Nancey Murphy, “Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism”
Modern
CrisisMedieval church
from Nancey Murphy, “Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism”
“evangelical”
“mainline”
Modern
Crisis
Medieval church
Conservative way
Liberal way
Increasing Polarization
Modern
Crisis
Medieval church
Conservative way
Liberal way
Increasing Polarization
Modern
Crisis
Medieval church
Conservative way
Liberal way
Postmodern
Interruption
The Post-Liberal, Post-Evangelical Convergence
Modern
Crisis
Conservative way
Liberal way
A Generous Orthodoxy?
A Missional Church?
Modern
Crisis
Conservative way
Liberal way
emergence, convergence,
evolution
Infallibility
Western Supremacy
Conceptual Certainty
Secular Antipathy
Traditional Piety
Corrigibility/HumilityInfallibility
HospitalityWestern Supremacy
CuriosityConceptual Certainty
SolidaritySecular Antipathy
Vital SpiritualityTraditional Piety
theological “mutations”
Theological “Mutations”Social Gospel - RauschenbushBlack Theology - King, Cone, BoesakLiberation Theology - Romero, Sobrino, Boff, PadillaNeo-orthodox Theology - Barth, FrankeRadical Theology - Tillich, BonhoefferTheology of Hope - Moltmann, PannenbergMystical/Contemplative theology - Panikkar, Rohr,
BourgeaultRhetorical theology - BrueggemannProcess - Whitehead, Cobb, Clayton, ColemanPostcolonial - Herzog, CrossanFeminist, Eco, LGBTQ, Indigenous - McFeague,
Martin, Twiss, WoodleyMimetic - Girard, Alison, BartlettIntegral - MacIntosh, SmithMissional - Newbigin, Roxburgh
Theological “Mutations”Social Gospel - Kingdom of GodBlack Theology - Exodus narrativeLiberation Theology - God for the poorNeo-orthodox Theology - ChristocentrismRadical Theology - “God” as constructTheology of Hope - suffering God, incursion
of futureMystical/Contemplative theology - non-dual thinkingRhetorical theology - Bible as performativeProcess - Religions in the makingPostcolonial - exposing empire, privilegeFeminist, Eco, LGBTQ, Indigenous - excluded
voicesMimetic - desire, violence, scapegoatingIntegral - stages of developmentMissional - “election” for the good of the world
What will happen?
What will you and I do?
Theologians who Fly Fish:
Theologians who Fly Fish:Ich-theology
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57
58
There are many reasons to compare our churches to an old male tortoise …
There are many reasons to compare our churches to an old male tortoise …
There are many reasons to compare our churches to an old male tortoise …
A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis:Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
choluteca river bridge
after hurricane mitch, honduras, CA 1998
In your hearts, set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...1 Peter 3:15-16
2500+ BC
Prehistoric World
2500+ BC
Prehistoric World
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Medieval World
500 AD - 1500 AD
1500 AD
Printing/GutenbergCaravel/TransportGuns/Infantry/ArtilleryNew EconomyCopernicus/GalileoReformation/Luther
2500 BC - 500 AD
Ancient World
1 AD500 BC 500 AD
Medieval World
500 AD - 1500 AD
1500 AD
Printing/GutenbergCaravel/TransportGuns/Infantry/ArtilleryCopernicus/GalileoReformation/Luther
1500 AD - 2000 AD
Modern World
1750 AD1500 AD 2000 AD
Postmodern World
1950 AD - ???
Medieval World
Print/Screen/InternetNew ScienceNew WeaponsNew TransportationNew EconomyNew Spirituality
1500 AD - 2000 AD
Modern World
1750 AD1500 AD 2000 AD
Postmodern World
1950 AD - ???
Medieval World
Print/Screen/InternetNew ScienceNew WeaponsNew TransportationNew EconomyNew Spirituality