Orthodoxy
Dan commented on the Hermeneutics Quiz: "Actually, I would hope it might allow for all three categories. Do you think this is possible? And if possible, do you think that would be a good thing?"
I saw this chart the other day on Dan Kimball's blog. It was actually originally posted by Dan Wallace at his blog.
You can read all the commentary, but for the record, this is just an image to express some thoughts Dan Wallace had about doctrinal stances and Othodoxy. The one note I'll pass on is that he isn't saying DA Carson is the center of orthodoxy. He noted that someone else may in fact be "more orthodox" than Carson, but this graph simply charts stances from conservative to liberal through a couple of categories. Carson happens to be in the middle. Also he puts McLaren on the line.
So to take a stab at Dan H's question, I would say I tend to agree with the graph.
Dan, your daughter is good friends with Scot McKnight isn't she? (this is a little joke because I know she was in the same room with him the other day). See if she can get McKnight to express the quiz by placing the user either inside or outside of Wallace's subjective circle. This would cut way down on our costs for evaluating pastoral candidates. (another little joke)
It is my hope that the comments pile up under my Discipleship post and not this one. But I put it out there none the less.
Labels: Emerging Church, orthodoxy, Theologians
posted by Brian at 2:34 PM
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Actually, Brian, since me and Scot are such good friends he just called me and told me that on February 19th of this year he posted Wallace's little chart and started a discussion about it. The post is called "Mapping Emerging" and can be found under the category "emerging movement".
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**Okay, he didn't call me but I knew I'd seen this chart before and did a little research which led me to jesuscreed.org.
I just skimmed through the comments Carrie Jade. Interesting. Thanks for the link.
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Actually the originator of this chart is C Michael Patton, not Dan Wallace.
And it seems like a rather flawed exercise, both in the subjective definition of "orthodoxy" which (surprise, surprise) makes it synonymous with evangelicalism; and in the assumption that the emerging movement can be easily charted on a one-dimensional "conservative-liberal" spectrum.
Thanks for the correction Mike. I've read enough of the comments on Scot McKnight and elsewhere to see that Patton was speaking to an evangelical audience to speak to them about emerging people. He was upfront that it wasn't a deeply researched chart or anything. It feels more like a napkin scribble to me. I will also note Tony Jone is not happy about being labeled outside.
To me, this is simply a discussion starter.
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