Is the emergent conversation coming apart and drifting into neophilia? Kester Brewin introduced the concept of neophilia in a series of posts on his blog
‘Neophilia’ -being in love with newness for newness’ sake. Neophilia is a revolutionary mode. It tries to effect quick change, but fails to settle on sustainable, deep-rooted solutions as it flits from one ’saviour’ to the next.
I wonder if Doug Pagitt decision to no longer share ideas on this blog, and Mark Driscoll ripping into Brian Mclaren A Prologue and Rant by Mark Driscoll, are signs that the emergent church conversation is moving through the stages described in the book Brewin referenced on the subject of Neophilia ‘The neophiliacs: A study of the revolution in English life in the fifties and sixties. I think we may be seeing the beginning of the EC conversation moving into the Stage 3:The Frustration Stage.
As usual Kester has brought his practical insight and useful resources to bear on the global emerging church conversation.
Tags: Brian_McLaren, emergent, emerging_church, neophilia, pagitt
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2) to Andre Daley, who’s website is now one of my favs to read, mainly b/c he is the kind of critic that emergent really needs but hasn’t had yet. Check out his comments on being “post-emergent,” on “neophilia,”, the slow-to-develop praxis of emergent,and the conversation’s lack of diversity, among others. He also was how I found the Driscoll apology, which he linked.
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