Imaginatively Missional
Whether one thinks of western culture as secular (Bruce 1996, 2002; see Stark 1999), ultramodern (Netland 2001; see Grenz 1996; Oden 2001), or postmodern (Oden 1990), it has long been thought of as post- Christian. Increasingly, western Christianity is unable to answer the questions confronting the western mind. Lesslie Newbigin (1987) asked the provocative and still relevant question, "Can …
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The religious leaders of the Celts did not escape the notice of early Christians. Clement of Alexandria (ca. 150-215 AD) identified the Druids of Gaul and the philosophers of the Celts in terms of that special group of religious leaders who were bringing light to their nations.59 The disciple of Irenaeus, Hippolytus (ca. 170-236), noted that the …
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In the early 1990s, evangelicals from a variety of countries began to approach the subject of new religious movements in different ways. This included those from Australia, Denmark, the UK and the US. Three elements could be found in their understanding of various groups, and the way they interacted with them. First, they conceptualized these …
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