> Subject: Re: rethinking sin > From: Chuck Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Jim Guineee said
I'd like to buy a vowel -- one too many e's there ;) > > Your typical Christian psychologist likely accepts as much of > >psychology as s/he can, until it contradicts with her/his religious beliefs. > > > > This must make me (and many others) atypical then. No, I misspoke. That's not what I meant -- it was oversimplistic. Sorry about that. > I have listed Ian > Barbour's 4 approaches to the science-religion dialogue before (see > his book "religion and Science"). But for completeness: > > 1) Conflict (one must be wrong) > 2) Independence (two separate approaches) > 3) Dialogue (we should talk, and find where we agree and disagree) > 4) Integration (science explains religion, or religion explains science) > > There are religious folks and secular folks who take each position. > And of course, people in some positions think people in the others > are foolish. > > But I have found the categories by Richard Neibuhr (from his book > Christ and Culture) to be more helpful lately. His categories are: > > Christ against Culture: Those who think the two are always opposed. > Christ of Culture: those who take the values of culture as basic and > try to find them in Christianity. > Christ above Culture: those who try to synthesize cultural values > with Christian theology/anthropology > Christ and Culture in Paradox: those who live in and with the > tension and try to understand it > Christ the Transformer of Culture: those who try "to convert the values > and goals of secular culture into the service of the kingdom of God." > > I suspect there are similar differences of approach in other > religions. So, there is NOT a "typical Christian" position on these > things. There likely is a typical Christian fundamentalist position: > Christ against Culture. You'd have to define what is "culture" and what is "Christ." Maybe not on this list though... I don't know of anyone who argues Christ versus culture, but then again I'm not sure what you mean by culture. Certainly most "fundamentalists" still live in culture, instead of chucking it like the Amish. How does that work? > Hanging around Lutherans (and Benedictine monks) has made me more a > Christ and Culture in Paradox type. This ends up making me suspect > to both fundamentalists and secularists. Which is a nice place to be. Sounds neat. I myself am most likely to religious for psychologists, and too psychological for religious types. Then there is always the occasional individual who says -- not to me -- but to my wife "How can he be a Christian psychologist?" Thanks for a very good series of responses, Jim ************************************************************************ Jim Guinee, Ph.D. Director of Training & Adjunct Professor President, Arkansas College Counselor Association University of Central Arkansas Counseling Center 313 Bernard Hall Conway, AR 72035 USA (501) 450-3138 (office) (501) 450-3248 (fax) "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it" -Martin Luther King, Jr. ************************************************************************** --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
