The Real Mary by Scot McKnight
Here is the first and second chapter of Scot Mcknight's forthcoming book, The Real Mary. We'll be given three copies so those that are interested in reading the entire thing should start calling dibs with stampies and no reversies.
Charlie and I briefly talked about this article at one of my favorite blogs and, lo, I found the same discussion at Scot McKnight's great blog here. So the topic is going around in several other places and I thought I'd mention it because the subject might come back around after Chocolat and heck, we are at least near 20-somethings and we all are having an internet informed faith to some degree, so this is largely talking about us.
and lastly, tonight at Melissa's, 7:00.
posted by coemergentco at 9/22/2006 11:13:00 AM
1 Comments:
thanks for posting these, seth.
i am definitely interested in reading the whole book.
the first two chapters are in sync with what i have been thinking about in other contexts over the last few months.
of the links you posted, i appreciated the enumeration of qualities descriptive of 20-somethings (under the "in" link, i think) and the suggestions for ministry in light of those. I have probably mentioned the Bible Study that meets at my house... it falls into the non-institutional house-church category.
the radical decrease of "spiritual activity" during teen years reminded me of a greater cultural trend, our increasinly "post-christian" society (a term which, i know, begs for clarification).
i read a book which i highly recommend that speaks to our cultural context in a way which i think is particuarly helpful to those of us asking how we can be more faithful as a church in the 21st century, and, indirectly, how we can better minister with others in a way which creates connectedness and long-term community in a christian context.
the book is derivative but for that no less illuminating-- it takes Alisdair MacIntyre's work, After Virtue, and develops it for the church in a way which MacIntyre did not make explicit. The book is called Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World, by Jonathan R. Wilson.
someone's comment on one of those blogs said something about the need for studies comparing "spiritual activity" at 30, at 80, etc. in a longitudinal study will be needed, and I agree, as it could help to better interpret the data.
on the topic of 20-somethings, i am also curious how many Americans enroll in college during these years. universities play a significant role in the active formation of a student's views, if not by overtly persuasive means, by sheer environmental press.
to broaden one's repetoire of readings on Mary, Mary for all Christians by Scottish theologian and philosopher John MacQuarrie is among the better ones I've found. I read it a few years ago and I remember appreciating his ecumenical diplomacy.
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