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Preaching to late modernity : Comments
By Peter Sellick, published 30/1/2013The Christian church has yet to work out how to enlighten and evangelise the Enlightenment.
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I note that Peter does not deal with religious belief in a pluralist sense, but that's OK. Sticking to Christianity, his starting point is the Jesus of the Gospels - that's OK except that he immediately confounds the issue with Trinitarian issues that make little sense to the 'modern rationalist' described in his first few paragraphs.
Christology starts with the immediate assumption, correctly stated by Sellick, that 'the Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us.' Somehow I doubt that a leap of faith required by such a comment could be made by the "kind of person, rational, self reliant, individualist" that he talks about in his opening paragraphs! You can't have it both ways - categorise the modern individual with that descriptive language, and then leap in with a Christological statement that requires deep faith... Is that supposed to sway/convert/have meaning for the modern agnostic?
By the way, in ending, may I say some very kind (but not patronising) words about Peter's articles; They are always challenging, always interesting, and very thought-provoking! So please keep them coming!
Yuri K.