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Chp 2 of Roger Olson, Reformed and Always Reforming<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em>, is about \u201cChristianity\u2019s Essence\u201d and his concern is \u201ctransformation over information.\u201d
\nHe begins with conservative evangelicalism\u2019s identification of the essence, and here he sees an entry point in calling Cons Evang \u201cpost-fundamentalist evangelicals\u201d (68). Both Joel Carpenter and George Marsden focused on showing how evangelicalism was a reform of fundamentalism. Postconservatives are doing the same: reforming evangelicalism.
\nWhy? Because \u201cthere is no final stopping place in the process of ongoing correction and reform short of the return of Jesus Christ\u201d (69). But, postcons think cons evangelicals are \u201ctoo obsessed with the cognitive and intellectual sides of the gospel and of Christian existence\u201d (69). I\u2019d like you to read that carefully: it is not an either\/or or a false dichotomy Olson is drawing here; instead, it is emphasis. Postcons want to correct this \u201cone-sidedness.\u201d
\nAnd, of course, postcons have been accused of a slippery slope. Olson says back: \u201cit is a vicious calumny unjustified by any fair reading of the works of postconservatives\u201d (69).
\nMillard Erickson says the \u201cdoctrinal component is a major component of Christianity\u2026 [and it] will be regarded as the most important permanent element\u201d (70). That is what Olson is talking about. Yes, Erickson and cons evangs do believe in transformation; and postcons believe in doctrine. The question is one of emphasis.
\nDA Carson is another example in Olson\u2019s illustrations of conservative evangelical emphasis on doctrinal content as the essence of Christianity. Carson: \u201cthe historic gospel is unavoidably cast as intellectual content that must be taught and proclaimed\u201d (71). Again, he is fair with Carson: \u201cScripture\u2019s purpose is not simply to fill our heads with facts, but to bring us to the living God\u201d (72). But, Olson thinks the burden of both Erickson and Carson \u2014 do you think he is accurate here? \u2014 \u201cis to preserve and protect the cognitive doctrinal content of historic evangelicalism \u2014 evangelical orthodoxy \u2014 as its permanent, enduring, and unchanging essence\u201d (72).
\nIs conservative evangelicalism\u2019s emphasis on doctrinal content? And is its emphasis an overemphasis?
\nNext post: postconservativism\u2019s \u201cexperiential impulse\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"