Tag: mainline Christianity
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Emerging Church and Mainliners
I've been saying for years that much of the emerging Church is simply Evangelicals embracing Mainline Protestant theology while experiencing reticence about Mainline institutions. While "emerging church" encompasses a broad range of expression, in the Mainline world, it is almost monotone. Emerging Mainliners have little dispute with Mainline theology or the deep commitment to progressive/liberal…
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Conspiracy Theories in the Twilight of Mainline Christianity
The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) caused an uproar this summer when it published Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11 by David Ray Griffin under the Westminster John Knox Press imprint. Being in an elected leadership position of the PCUSA, I decided I would read the book and see what it…