YouTube - The Emergent "Church"/Cult Documentary on PBS
A journalistic effort to understand pietistic, mysticistic, emotive, non-doctrinal religion. Some notes.
1. Called the "Emergent Church." Doug Pagitt, "Christianity is not a stagant belief."
2. Dr. Carson, TEDS, speaks of a major doctrinal shift.
3. Brian McClaren speaks of his disillusionment with his evangelical roots. A loose network of "emergents" developed.
4. Cross denominational. Call themselves "post-modern" and "post-evangelical." Couches, recliners, etc., for church gatherings, stressing relationships. Shorts, T-shirts, etc. Every member has a say. No sermons, just discussions. "There aren't necessarily answers." Very casual and experiential. Participatory and sensorial.
5. Various are leaving for Romanism and Orthodoxy. One UMC cleric calls himself a "Metho-Catho-Costalite."
6. Urging reformulation of classic Christian formulations. There is a McClaren v. Carson contrast. Dr. Carson has a book about it.
7. Tony Jones is not that concerned with the theological differences, apparently.
More as this develops. Only in Amurrica.
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