tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561908395439263053.post9150790850268093860..comments2023-10-26T09:33:13.107-05:00Comments on Jesus and Empire: An Imperial-Critical Perspective: Evangelical Manifesto - Watching and Waiting, but not holding my breath!Rob G. Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614387523998960402noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561908395439263053.post-16006589046355981102008-05-08T16:17:00.000-05:002008-05-08T16:17:00.000-05:00Mike,Thanks for your keen insight and opinion. It ...Mike,<BR/>Thanks for your keen insight and opinion. It seems we share the same ambivalence about "evangelicalism." I am very encouraged by the attempts being made by evangelicals to divorce themselves from the neo-con movement and so-called "Christian [R]ight." This document is at least a step, I think, in the right direction for the movement.Rob G. Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614387523998960402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561908395439263053.post-59714154388952617332008-05-08T15:26:00.000-05:002008-05-08T15:26:00.000-05:00i had some hesitations and misgivings before readi...i had some hesitations and misgivings before reading the document, but was actually quite impressed and invigorated after taking in the whole of what it addressed.<BR/><BR/>they chose <I>not</I> to say that creationism and inerrancy were non-negotiables - i liked that. for the first, there's very little biblical justification anymore behind whatever the latest flavor of anti-natural-selection dessert is being served up; for the latter, somehow we can admit that we can't prove the existence of God, but goshdarnit we have a golden egg this unprovable God laid right here. kind of stupid when you think about it ... not that thinking is a pre-requisite course in any of these endeavors.<BR/><BR/>more than anything, i was motivated and energized by the very positive nature of the piece - that it wasn't yet another "here's everything we're <I>against</I>" rant but an effort to make the gospel again a message of <I>good news</I>. imagine that - the gospel being <I>good news</I>. American Christianity has lost this defining characteristic ever since it embraced the neo-con's Jesus bobble-head doll.<BR/><BR/>and, maybe i missed it, but there didn't seem to be great emphasis on <I>evangelism</I> in this <I>Evangelical</I> Manifesto. was that intentional? i didn't see a single chick tract referenced in the bibliography...<BR/><BR/>perhaps one unintended benefit of the proposal is a clear opportunity to take this EM (Evangelical Manifesto) and align it with the other EM (<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEmergent-Manifesto-Hope-emersion-communities%2Fdp%2F080106807X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1210257943%26sr%3D8-2&tag=mwc04-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" REL="nofollow">Emergent Manifesto</A>) and finally have all our EM & EMs in a row without demonizing the other side.<BR/><BR/>one can only hope...<BR/><BR/>mike rucker<BR/>fairburn, georgia, usa<BR/><A HREF="http://mikerucker.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">mikerucker.wordpress.com</A><BR/><BR/>p.s. like you, i thought the ABSENCE of certain signatures was a plus...spud tooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921322553025339949noreply@blogger.com