I cannot unpack all of the complexities of ideological fascism in this blog post and how it has revived under the name of postmodernism in our day and popular culture. 2 years in the works at HBP is an upcoming film on Fascism and the Postmodern church. See our full-length interview with Dr. Gene Edward…
Category: Emergent Church
The Emergence CANA Initiative
Emergent leader Tony Jones recently said, Some people say the Emerging Church is dead, other people say the Emerging Church has spread so far it’s just been absorbed into the fabric of the American church. (source) The Emerging Church is not dead, and the new CANA Initiative is evidence of this fact. Earlier this year…
Yancey Joins Emergents for Wild Goose
From their official website, the Wild Goose festival “is a community gathered at the intersection of justice, spirituality, music and art. Our main annual event is a 4-day, outdoor festival hosted each summer in North Carolina.” Among many others, the speakers for 2013 include Emergent leaders Brian McLaren, Phyllis Tickle and Philip Yancey. Previous speakers…
U2’s Bono, Unorthodox Superman
Once, again Bono’s hip and cool Christianity has deceived many in recent days from Focus on the Family to World Net Daily. Joe Kovacs’ article entitled “U2’s Bono: Yes, Jesus is the Son of God,” presents quotes from Bono and and U2 band members over the years affirming their Christian faith. For instance, Bono is…
Emergent Deconstruction, Train Tracks to Auschwitz
Postmodern liberalism, which has slithered into the Church with the Emergent movement, shares intellectual roots with fascism. One of the most popular postmodernist tendencies within aesthetics is deconstruction. Deconstruction is a postmodern and Emergent tactic of textual analysis, typically literary critique, that questions presuppositions, ideological underpinnings, hierarchical values and power structures within any given text. Deconstructive…