To much pomp and circumstance, it is released. Hugh Hewitt is less than enthused, calling it "pride going before a snooze." Between Two Worlds, which deems the document "imperfect" but "remarkable," has a summary.
We will no doubt comment once we have had the opportunity to read the thing. 7400 words is a lot of words and we have other work to do. Judging from the executive summary, there is not much to object to, but not much in particular to get excited about, either. We shall see...
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i confess that i had some hesitations and misgivings before reading the document, but was actually quite impressed and invigorated after taking in the whole of what it addressed.
i am glad they chose not to say that creationism and inerrancy were non-negotiables. for the first, there's very little biblical justification anymore behind whatever latest flavor of anti-natural selection is being put forward; for the latter, somehow we can admit that we can't prove the existence of God, but goshdarnit we have a golden egg this unprovable God laid right here. kind of stupid when you think about it ... not that thinking is a pre-requisite of course in any of these endeavors.
more than anything, i was motivated and energized by the very positive nature of the piece - that it wasn't yet another "here's everything we're against" rant but an effort to make the gospel again a message of good news. imagine that - the gospel being good news. American Christianity has lost this defining characteristic ever since it embraced the neo-con's Jesus bobble-head doll.
perhaps one unintended benefit of the proposal is a clear opportunity to take this EM (Evangelical Manifesto) and align it with the other EM (Emergent Manifesto) and finally have all our EM & EMs in a row without demonizing the other side.
one can only hope...
mike rucker
fairburn, georgia, usa
mikerucker.wordpress.com
Mike, thanks for your comment. I think the document fails in important respects, for the reasons that I state here: http://insidethecloakroom.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-on-evangelical-manifesto.html
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