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As Western Christianity moves towards a religious realignment of epic proportions - where does your congregation stand? How will you navigate these changes? Paradigms that have guided the Church for centuries are crumbling. The old dichotomy between "conservatives" and "liberals" - that has defined us for centuries - is becoming almost irrelevant. What are our true differences today? Where and how will we come together as a Christian people for the future? Paradoxy is a book for those who would lead churches in challenging times. We must answer three basic questions: *Where are we now?*How did we get here?*Where do we go from here? Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Howard argues that conservatives emphasize doctrine and have a broad amount of dogma that they want believers to subscribe to. The problem is that they alienate and exclude anyone who deviates from their pristine doctrinal position. So conservative churches splinter.
Conversely, Liberal churches emphasize unity, subjective-inner-light kind of religious experience with many voices on the table. They also emphasize right-action--concern for social justice, etc. Yet they can be 'weak soup' with very little substance at the core.
Howard suggests a way of combining the strengths of the two approaches to faith--Paradoxy. Paradoxy is a dogmatic assent to a narrow selection of Christian dogma, the paradoxical beliefs in the Trinity, the incarnation, etc. He essential limits his doctrinal beliefs to Nicene Christianity with charity in all other doctrinal issues. He moves towards a spirituality that emphasizes the mind and is biblically rooted (conservatives' domain) and the religion of the heart (liberal domain).
Like all such book, Howard has some really interesting things to say and the way he frames it it is hard to disagree with him. The liberal-conservative continuum is more complicated than what Howard pictures, but he has some interesting things to say. ( )