I have long wondered (under the influence of Bonhoeffer's prison letters) if we are not standing on the cusp of something entirely new in Christianity. The new would be constructed on another understanding of what "chosen" means, what authority means, what salvation truly is (and being "personal" is not at the heart of it), and how we ha…
I have long wondered (under the influence of Bonhoeffer's prison letters) if we are not standing on the cusp of something entirely new in Christianity. The new would be constructed on another understanding of what "chosen" means, what authority means, what salvation truly is (and being "personal" is not at the heart of it), and how we have missed much in our appeal to tradition. The obvious failures of Christian faith in the world challenge us now to think about how we are shaped, formed, and live out faith. This piece is a wonderful story of how different a new path might look.
My friend (and now author) Damon Garcia has said that he thinks that shift already happened, but white christians missed it. It was liberation theology in the 60s, among brown people like Gustavo Gutierrez, Black people like James Cone, women like Mary Daly, Rosemary Radford Ruether...
I have long wondered (under the influence of Bonhoeffer's prison letters) if we are not standing on the cusp of something entirely new in Christianity. The new would be constructed on another understanding of what "chosen" means, what authority means, what salvation truly is (and being "personal" is not at the heart of it), and how we have missed much in our appeal to tradition. The obvious failures of Christian faith in the world challenge us now to think about how we are shaped, formed, and live out faith. This piece is a wonderful story of how different a new path might look.
My friend (and now author) Damon Garcia has said that he thinks that shift already happened, but white christians missed it. It was liberation theology in the 60s, among brown people like Gustavo Gutierrez, Black people like James Cone, women like Mary Daly, Rosemary Radford Ruether...