In case you didn’t see it at the end of the long post yesterday, here’s the whole review in a nice printable format. Thanks to Mike Pohlman and especially Josh Sowin for getting this set up. I’ve cleaned up a few typos since yesterday. Christianity and McLarenism
Tag Archives: Emergent
Christianity and McLarenism (2)
February 18, 2010 – 6:36 am
Problem 1: A Stifling Approach and Sweeping Caricatures For all the rhetoric about desiring an honest dialogue and inviting criticism as “a gift” (13, 25), McLaren’s actual approach to argumentation makes probing conversation more difficult. When he positions himself as a martyr (243) and equates attacks on him with attacks on the abolitionists (87), it [...]
Christianity and McLarenism (1)
February 17, 2010 – 7:00 am
Brian McLaren’s latest book, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith, is two steps forward in terms of clarity and ten steps backward in terms of orthodoxy. A New Kind of Christianity, more than any previous McLaren project, provides a forceful account of what the emergent leader believes and why. [...]
Coming Up…
February 16, 2010 – 8:07 am
Starting tomorrow I’ll post a three-part, overly long review of Brian McLaren’s new book, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Question That Are Transforming the Faith. I thought a lot about whether I should write any kind of critique. It seems that the curious have already made up their minds about McLaren. So I’m not [...]
