the future of faith session three faith turns into belief
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THE FUTURE OF FAITH
SESSION THREE
FAITH TURNS INTO BELIEF
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USING THE THREE PART MODEL OF
FAITH – BELIEF – SPIRIT THAT COX
PRESENTS, WE DEAL WITH HOW THE
EARLY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
MOVED FROM LIVING ‘THE WAY’
OF JESUS TO A SYSTEM OF BELIEFS
‘ABOUT’ JESUS
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Our Project:
An accurate picture of Christian origins
Clearer understanding of how we are
living in similar times to the early church
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Three Characteristics of the Early Church:
Multifaceted
Apostolic authority a fiction
An “alternative” to empire
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Three Modern Developments:
Discovery of the Gnostic Gospels (1945) - heresy and orthodoxy questioned
Apostolic Authority – a late invention
Emergence of “a people’s history”
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Original Christianity was “anti-imperial”
and “counter-imperial” - Jesus example
As Christianity grew it became consumed
with issues of state
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Modern liberationist and feminist theologies
have given us a whole new perspective of
formative Christianity.
- Polymorphic (not united)
- Disparate patterns of authority
- Defiant, not subservient to empire
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Erection of hierarchies and the fabrication of belief systemswere imposed on the people
Clergy – shepherds or rulers?
Creeds –“Road markers of faith?” (or)“Imposed for salvation?”
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What the church needs now are
“deeds” not “creeds”
- Rick Warren
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Early Church:
A clash of loyalties – Caesar or Christ?
Later Church:
A clash of creeds – being “right” triumphs
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Creedal statements were a response to:
External and internal threats to Christianity
Do good fences make good neighbors?
What are we walling in or walling out?
(Robert Frost – The Mending Wall)
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The Result?
Belief “in Jesus” became beliefs “about him”
“People of the Way” became part of the
“Ecclesial imperium
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The Rise of the Clerical Caste
Paul was not interested in uniformity
of belief or behavior – contextual advisor
Ignatius and Irenaeus sought episcopal
Control – uniformity of belief and practice
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Case Study:
The Canonical Gospels versus
The Gnostic Gospels
John versus Thomas – Elaine Pagels
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Characteristics of the “Jesus Wars”:
(Philip Jenkins)
Winners got to determine truth
Power was identified with orthodoxy
Survivor churches claimed authority
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Standard teaching:
Apostolic successionApostolic authority
Christian community becomesCatholic Church
Bishops become rulers who ‘represent’ the people
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The result?
Amalgamation of Church and Empire
Religion became political
State became religious
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Small Group Discussion:
Why did it take so long for the “truth”
About early Christianity to come out?
Now that we know, so what?
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SESSION FIVEHow We Might Move to the
Future
COX CHAPTER NINE
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
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“If you want to make peace,
You don’t talk to your friends,
You talk to your enemies.”
- Moshe Dayan Israeli general and
politician turned peacemaker
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Secularization Affects All Faiths
Christianity and Other Faiths
Face a Common Moment of Crisis
We are “in this together”
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OPTIONS
Martyrdom and Murder- Die for the Faith- Kill for the Faith
Dialogue- With Those Like Us- With Those Not Like Us
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ENGAGING FUNDAMENTALISMS
Within Our Faith Family
Beyond Our Faith Family
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“Fire From Heaven”
The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and
The Reshaping of Christianity in the
Twenty-First Century, by Harvey Cox
1995.
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Cox Examples
Jerry Falwell - Liberty University
Pat Robertson – Regent University
“You just can’t talk to those people.”
“We not only can; we must and we did.”
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INTRAFAITH DIALOGUE
Taking “Within” Our Faith Tradition
Commonalities:
Rediscovery of the Biblical Jesus
Emergence of a Post Western Christianity
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INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Talking “Beyond” Our Faith Tradition
Commonalities
Mystery
Justice
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Best of Times – Worst of Times
Christian Conservatism is Changing
Can Christian Liberalism Change as Well?
Respect is Essential
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SUMMARY
New Directions for the Future:
1. Toward “New Faiths”
2. Toward “Other Wings” of Christianity
3. Working Together for “Justice & Peace”
in a complex political world
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Talk and Action
1. Do you think we are too much “talk”
and not enough “action” - focused?
2. What possibilities exist for young people and not-so-young people today?
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PENTECOSTALISM
A Major Sign of Hope for the Future of Faith
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Pentecostalism
The fastest growing Christian Movement
of the past century, with every indication
of continuing that trend through the next
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“Fire From Heaven”
The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and
The Reshaping of Christianity in the
Twenty-First Century
Harvey Cox (1995)
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Pentecostalism, not Fundamentalism
At the heart of Christian growth in:
Brazil
Korea
Mainland China
USA (Latino population)
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Fundamentalists, Pentecostals and Evangelicals
Fundamentalists:
Text-oriented literalists
Pentecostals:
Biblical authority + Direct H.S. experience
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Fundamentalists:
“Sober and rational”
Pentecostals:
“Demonstrative worship; ecstatic praise”
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Fundamentalists:Non-negotiable doctrines
Pentecostals:“Resistant” to doctrines, creeds, rituals
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Evangelicals tend to support Pentecostals and distance themselves from Fundamentalists
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Distinguish:
American Pentecostals “Holiness Tradition”
from
Pentecostals in the Global South and East“Progressive Holiness”
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Liberation Theology and Pentecostalism?
A possible future convergence in
Latin America between:
Base communities + Pentecostal (CEBs) Communities
(Catholic) (Protestant)
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From Non-Conformityto “In, Not Of, the World”
List-making (organized)
Conscious Choice (individualism)
Decision (required)
Pentecostalism can provide creative soil for:
- democracy
- focus on politics and economics
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Two Cautions
“Escapist” (Eschatological) thinking
“Health and Wealth” gospel
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Questions for Groups
1. Discuss the pros and cons of
Pentecostalism (local and global)
2. Discuss possible collaboration between Mainline and Pentecostal Protestants
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