Re: [asa] "Certainty" in Theology

David,

Could you expand on your comments on the emerging church? I've seen the
"emerging church" or "postmodern" movement mentioned a few times on this
discussion list and am interested to hear thoughts on why most of us might
shy away from it. I did a bit of reading into it a while ago (Don Miller and
Brian McLaren mostly) and haven't thought about it too much since then. I'd
still be curious to hear the perspectives out there. Thanks!

~Matt

Quoting David Opderbeck:

>
> I suspect most of us with a bent towards studying faith-science questions
> would experience some discomfort over the proposition that our faith claims
> can be known with "certainty." I'm guessing many of us would also be
> uncomfortable with the label "postmodern" and might shy away from the
> "emerging church." Most of us probably are "critical realists" of a sort
> -- with the "critical" part meaning that we would reject claims to
> "absolute, final certainty" based on human observation and reason.
>
>

-- 
Matthew J. Van Hook
Graduate Student
Brown University, Department of Neuroscience
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