Seminary professor & author D.A. Carson who among others has leveled some scathing criticisms of the emerging church was apparently invited to talk with Doug Paigitt of Solomon’s Porch (an emerging church recently featured on the PBS Religion and Ethics Weekly coverage of the emerging church ) about his perception of the emerging conversation. Brewin at complex Christ says he’s been told that Carson doesn’t want to talk with Paigitt or other folks in the emergent conversation. If that is true then, how does DA expect to become conversant with the emerging church as the title of his latest book suggests? Ah the ironies of modern thinking a one way conversation.
Other thoughts on DA Carson’s book
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I think we should be careful at judging DA Carson unwilling to converse with other views. He dialogues with many people who hold very differing views from himself. Modernity is not a one way conversation, and DA is not a Modern anyway. There may have been many good reasons he did not want to interact with emergent leaders.
I agree with Sir WSC. I doubt that D. A. Carson wanted to become a lightning rod with respect to the emerging church – he had concerns that he felt that he needed to write about. One of my concerns about the emerging conversation for a long time was that they were caught up in monologues of their own. It wasn’t until about July of last year that there was any serious response to criticisms of the emerging church by emerging leaders, but even to date it seems like monologue, rather than honest dialogue, is the modus operandi of the emerging church.
The truly sad part of this is that I doubt many folks in the emerging church will be inclined to read some of D. A. Carson’s excellent writings. Exegetical Fallacies is a very short but very helpful book in understanding how to read scripture, good for both beginners but comprehensive enough for even Biblical scholars (Carl Mosser recommended it highly as even he refers back to it regularly). He has made very valuable contributions to the Christian church, but I think some people won’t recognize them because they are given to thinking that Carson was terribly unfair and wrong and therefore shouldn’t be heard.
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