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With all my speaking in various places of late, I\u2019ve had a hard time getting to the next topic I\u2019d like to blog, namely, the \u201cecclesiology of the Emergent movement.\u201d It would be foolhardy to think anything like an extensive coverage could be blogged, so what I want to do is to take a fair look at Doug Pagitt\u2019s \u201cReimagning Spiritual Formation\u201d and try to draw out some of the central concerns of the Emergent churches and how they \u201cdo church\u201d (which expression, as I\u2019ve said, is not particularly good English). <\/p>\n
I\u2019m hoping to get to this soon, but I\u2019ll be heading for the Seattle area for speaking engagements Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, so any sort of blogging may be dependent on finding some time for computer work and away from seeing the Pacific NW for the first time.<\/p>\n
After looking at DA Carson\u2019s examination of the Emergent Church\u2019s epistemology by focusing on Brian McLaren\u2019s epistemology, and after commenting several times myself that the Emergent movement is more than an epistemology (and even then I think the focus of that epistemology is less with a concern for the \u201cfact\u201d of Truth than with the ability of humans to \u201carticulate\u201d that Truth \u2014 which is to say, it\u2019s epistemic concern is with the \u201clinguistic turn\u201d), it seems only fair to put up or shut up: namely, take a look at the ecclesiology.<\/p>\n
To be sure, it is almost unfair to speak of an \u201cecclesiology\u201d \u2014 not only because it diverges from one church to another (which is what the Emergent movement especially is keen to let happen) but also because it would be unfair to suggest that a few of its leaders got together and came up with some rational ecclesiology to work out in a postmodern setting. The process is more dialectical, but let me give a stab at it by looking again at Doug Pagitt\u2019s book and see what we get.<\/p>\n
I have been very encouraged by the number of you who have e-mailed and encouraged this endeavor.<\/p>\n
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