Emerging Church – Page 17

In the Shadow of the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’: Questions about Muslim and Christian Relationships

Yesterday John A. Johnson posted a comment on my blog about my review of Samir Selmanovic’s book, It’s Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian. I wrote the review back in March so I was surprised … Read more...

Walking Out on Church?

Is there a time when it’s right to walk out of church? While I think that’s a matter of individual conscience and discernment, I’m intrigued by the differences in where and when people choose to leave church.

In some cases … Read more...

Kester Brewin Book Review: Other

What does it mean to be a Christian? That’s a question that is at once too simple and too broad. One answer that could be given is in the subtitle of Kester Brewin’s latest book, Other.

That subtitle is: … Read more...

Emerging & Evangelical Churches: Friends or Foes?

Does the emerging church offer a legitimate and helpful critique of Western evangelical Christianity in the 21^st century? Or is it merely a movement comprised of disgruntled cranks intent on deconstructing Christianity to the point where there is nothing … Read more...

Cary Gibson Guest Post on Emerging Churches – Beyond Generalisations, Retreats and Institutions?

Today this blog features a guest post from Cary Gibson, whose thought and involvement have helped to shape the Belfast-based Christian collective Ikon. Gibson originally posted a comment in response to my post on ‘What does the Emerging Church Want?: … Read more...

What does the Emerging Church Want?: Reflections on a Dark Gospel

What do people in the emerging church want? This is a question that is being posed increasingly in one form or another by academics, critics of the emerging church, and people who are themselves involved with the movement.

Of course, … Read more...

Poloma and Hood Book Review: Blood and Fire – Is this the Emerging Church?

Margaret Poloma and Ralph Hood’s recent book, Blood and Fire: Godly Love in a Pentecostal Emerging Church (NY University Press, 2008), left me feeling more than a little uncomfortable. Poloma and Hood offer a sociological account of a church that … Read more...

Fr Michael Bennett on Peter Rollins — Doubting Doubt?: Guest Post

Some time ago, Fr Michael Bennett, a missionary priest of the St Patrick’s Missionary Society (Kiltegan, Wicklow) now serving in South Africa, wrote a series of guest posts on this blog about the Irish Catholic Church.

Now, Fr Bennett … Read more...

Emerging Women? Is the Emerging Church Dominated by White Men?

During the question and response time at a seminar last week by Dr Peter Rollins (a philosopher whose ideas have been associated with the emerging church movement), a member of the audience asked: where are all the women? About 30 … Read more...