Chapter 1 – There
Once Was a World
1. In many ways, Peter Steinke
picks up where Douglas John Hall left off…namely, the sad but inevitable demise
of American mainline churches. Steinke
assigns this change to a confluence of factors, noting the sea change is
external or contextual.
For
purposes of discussion, let’s review/discuss each of these factors or forces
briefly:
- Postmodern Philosophy
- Dogmatic Atheism
- Supermodernity
- Science and Religion
- The Neuro Society
- The Ghost of Gnosticism
- Therapeutic Dominance
2. Steinke notes that the
cultural response in spiritual things has shifted away from churches, which are
challenged by the astonishing pace of change in the world. Steinke believes this constitutes a rich opportunity
for the church. God has set the door
open to the future, arriving in the person of Jesus Christ.
Where is
all this “dislocation” taking us as Christians today?
What new
“opportunities” for mission do you envision before us?
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