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Rejecting pluralism for empire

Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, In : Post-Christendom 



How could the church have been so infected by imperial power to render it so ineffective? This is the question that Roger Mitchell attempts to answer in the remainder of the first two parts of his book. He introduces key characters and periods in which the imperial principle was introduced and consolidated. The first of which is Eusebius of Caesarea.

Father of church history

Eusebius has the distinction of being referred to as ‘the father of church history’ and his most famous of books, The...

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Roger Mitchell and Post-Christendom

Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, In : Post-Christendom 



‘How is it that the best of church experience in both traditional and radical expressions tends to relapse to hierarchical domination and control?’ This is Roger Hadon Mitchell’s chilling question in his introduction to his newly published PhD thesis, Church, Gospel & Empire (Eugene, OR, 2011.) It isn’t the only question posed but for the purpose of this blog it is possibly the most important.

And it includes within it some vital clues as to how Roger Mitchell intends to answer his own...

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Christians on the Margins

Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, In : Post-Christendom 



So Christians in the UK feel marginalised. So says the latest opinion poll conducted by ComRes on behalf of Premier Christian Media Trust. The full details of the poll can be found at BRIN here – but basically 544 Christians were asked whether they thought ‘the marginalisation of Christianity in British public life was increasing, decreasing, or staying the same in public, the media, the government and the workplace’. Some two thirds thought the process was increasing overall – with 7...

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Post-Christendom - 2

Posted by Dyfed on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, In : Post-Christendom 

The first step in trying to shape the future is to understand the past, and Stuart Murray’s volume Post-Christendom uses many chapters to detail the history of how the church became dominant in Western Europe.

He begins by taking us back to the fourth century AD when an emperor from the eastern half of the Roman Empire, Constantine, supposedly became a Christian in 312 as he was attempting to wrest control of the whole empire. He succeeded in his quest and was sole emperor until his...


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Some thoughts following my visit to Occupy London.

October 27th 2011

Ok so there’s plenty to disagree with but this is such a good song.

October 12th 2011
There are so many draining things we can focus on during the day: how we appear to others, how much others do or don’t respect us, how we can get people to do what we want. But once we become aware of the negative impact of these areas of focus, we can get clear on - even excited about - who we really want to be … We can shift our focus toward qualities like mercy, gentleness, courage, and the many others that bring true joy in our lives and in the lives of others.

Sasha Silverman and Malcom Smith

via MinEmergent

October 5th 2011
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