Hello Everyone,
I wish to extend a sincere welcome to all of you who are currently enrolled in the course 1550 Evangelism II. I am looking forward to getting to know all of you better. Together we will explore the new worldview of the postmodern age and what that means for evangelism and mission for the Christians today.
This blog will be used everyweek to provide a means we can have meaningful conversations together as a class. Class time itself is limited. Therefore, this blog gives you an opportunity to ask questions that there may not be time for in class as well as exchange ideas between your fellow classmates.
The first step in using this blog is to create an account on google. Just follow the steps given and create your account so you can post discussions on this blog.
P.S.: Though this blog is created specifically for a class on postmodern evangelism at South Pacific Bible College in New Zealand, others not part of this class are welcome to submit comments and questions as well
Tks
Professor Lynn S. Nored
3 comments:
i find it intersting that the inlightment period has such affect on the mondernest world view, and in return the chruch christ views and belives. another think that i just dont understaind is if a modernest looks at the scripture and trys to understaind what it means by the mind and by them self by what they think the scripture says, where does the hart come into all this, or does it not ??. onther thing i having trouble understanding how can mondernest really stay in the chruch as family, when thats one of the last things there focused on ??
to all. ON AGE OF ENLIGHTMENT:
The Age of Enlightenment or The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a phase in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century, in which Reason was advocated as the primary source and basis of authority. Developing in Germany, France and Britain, the movement spread through much of Europe, including Russia and Scandinavia. The signatories of the American Declaration of Independence, the United States Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen were motivated by "Enlightenment" principles (although the English Bill of Rights predates the era).
The intellectual and philosophical developments of that age (and their impact in moral and social reform) aspired towards governmental consolidation, centralisation and primacy of the nation-state, and greater rights for common people. There was also a strong attempt to supplant the authority of aristocracy and established churches in social and political life: forces that were viewed as reactionary, oppressive and superstitious.
The term came into use in English during the mid-nineteenth century,[1] with particular reference to French philosophy, as the equivalent of a term then in use by German writers, Zeitalter der Aufklärung, signifying generally the philosophical outlook of the eighteenth century.
The terminology Enlightenment or Age of Enlightenment does not represent a single movement or school of thought, for these philosophies were often mutually contradictory or divergent. The Enlightenment was less a set of ideas than it was a set of attitudes. At its core was a critical questioning of traditional institutions, customs, and morals. Some classifications of this period also include the late 17th century, which is typically known as the Age of Reason or Age of Rationalism.[2]
There is no consensus on when to date the start of the age of Enlightenment, and some scholars simply use the beginning of the eighteenth century or the middle of the seventeenth century as a default date.[3] If taken back to the mid-1600's, the Enlightenment would trace its origins to Descartes' Discourse on the Method, published in 1637. At the other end, many scholars use the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1804–15) as a convenient point in time with which to date the end of the Enlightenment.[4] Still others describe the Enlightenment beginning in Britain's Glorious Revolution of 1688 and ending in the French Revolution of 1789. However, others also claim the Enlightenment ended with the death of Voltaire in 1778.[
For the 18th-century intellectual and scientific movement, see The Age of Enlightenment.
For the novel by Jean-Paul Sartre, see The Age of Reason (Sartre).
The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely inspired text. The Age of Reason is not atheistic, but Deistic: it promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-God.
Most of Paine's arguments had long been available to the educated elite, but by presenting them in an engaging and irreverent style, he made deism appealing and accessible to a mass audience. The book was also inexpensive, putting it within the reach of a large number of buyers. Fearing the spread of what they viewed as potentially revolutionary ideas, the British government prosecuted printers and booksellers who tried to publish and distribute it. The Age of Reason resulted in only a brief upsurge in deistic thought in America. However, Paine's ideas inspired and guided many British freethinkers of the nineteenth century and his rhetorical style has endured even into the twenty-first century, in the works of modern writers such as Christopher Hitchens and the films and persona of Michael Moore.
this is all i found on the net under wikipedia.
To little-loveable:
This blog is open to everyone who might wish to engage in the discussions.
However, if you are are one of the students enrolled in the class I do need to know. Your profile does not indicate your identity. Please acknowledge.
On your questions: Your right in questioning how those with a purely modern worldview can "stay in the church". They either end up being
Diest ( believe there is a God, but that He has nothing to do with us) or being Atheist.
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