Hi Billy,
On Apr 9, 2009, at 12:50 PM, [email protected] wrote:
But I am more curious at this time about the thesis of the Newsweek
article.
Is it true ? THAT is the question. For if it is, there are many
serious implications
up and down the line.
The Pacific Northwest has long been more-or-less "lost" to
traditional Christianity
for many years, not in an absolute sense, but nonetheless lost
generally. Also true
for the coastal part of California. Now it is true for most of New
England. Where does
the process end ? Does it ever end ?
This suggests that Christian faith ( in a cultural sense ) is in
serious trouble.
If so, it needs to be re-thought. and re-invented. Given our
ecumenical
( religiously pluralistic ) age, which seems to be a permanent
condition now,
HOW should this re-conceptualizing be accomplished ?
I believe that the WASP worldview which dominated American
Christianity -- and American culture -- has been in decline since at
least the 1950's. Accompanied, I might add, by a general decline in
the "modernist" worldview, both of which date roughly to the 18th
century.
What comes next? I believe postmodernism is the right question, but
not a satisfactory answer. I believe that the future will be built
using some elements of radical centrism and transformational
Christianity. But what exactly that looks like won't be clear until
after the feat is accomplished. Like most revolutions (including the
discovery of America :-), where we end up is usually not where we
thought we were going.
-- Ernie P.
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