May 16 2006
Emergence and the Da Vinci Code: Do Stories Matter?
Kruse Kronicle: writes an interesting critique of the emergent conversation with regard to the Da Vinci Code and treatment of story in general. Here’s a quote
Yet for Emergent types, of all people, to flippantly dismiss concerns about events like The Da Vinci Code as “just stories” seems just a little inconsistent and a little too convenient. When Evangelicals write books like Left Behind, we bemoan the way they twist minds. We pride ourselves that intellectually we have sufficiently evolved to see this foolishness for what it is. We recommit ourselves to telling better stories. When The Da Vinci Code comes along, suddenly it is no longer about the story but rather about those silly Evangelicals (God bless ‘em) who are so incapable of distinguishing facts and reality from fiction. (This despite the fact that all along we have said it is not about facts and propositional truths, but stories.) It is this kind of behavior that makes me suspect all the more that too much of Emergent is driven by being contra-Evangelical than by a new way of being the church. If there is to be a new way of being church, then we had better get our story straight, even when it might mean being confused with being a traditional Evangelical.
What do we do with stories? Is the gospel the greatest story ever told? Which cultural stories get told? Is the emergent conversation just contra-evangelical?
I’m planning to see the Da Vinci Code movie when it comes out this weekend, I’ll have more to say then.
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Doesn’t it make you wonder what is truth and what is fantasy? Stop by and check out my post on the code: http://capitalregionpeople.blogspot.com/2006/05/lord-of-starfields.html
i still cant believe what people are doing about this movie. its the equivalent of all of germany protesting the movie "saving private ryan." i still say that if people are stupid enough to actually believe that this movie is real, then they deserve to be blasphemous and go to hell. as far as feeling sorry for churchs, well, thats rediculous. lets feel sorry for the child molesting catholics. lets feel sorry for the money-grubbing baptists. i really do feel sorry for evangelicals though, because those people are effin crazy.
Emergence and the Da Vinci Code: Do Stories Matter?
Wayne Gooden: 10 KeysAndre Daley: Emergence and the Da Vinci Code: Do Stories Matter? Close Encounters Donald Miller interview on Out of Ur McLaren and the Secret Message: Part Two day 3: reform & resurge Is the Emerging Church the camel’s nose under the tent? Is the Emerging Church the camel
Well I’m going to go see it this Friday to see what all the fuss is about. I’m going to try reading the book before don’t know if I’ll get done.
But since I plan to preach on it this summer as a part of of our Finding God at the movies series @ Mosaic Life.
I’m not sure how I feel about all the hoopla. Is is any different that the hoopla evangelicals have for passion of Christ or Narnia or End of the Spear?
I do think stories matter that is why we have to pay attention to stories that captivate our culture. even if we disagree with the truth in them we need to explore the reasons why they are so captivating. This is point Brian Mclaren makes in his new book which I am reading the Secret Message of Jesus.
Jordon Cooper: The Ecclesiology of the Emerging ChurchAndre Daley: Emergence and the Da Vinci Code: Do Stories Matter? The Social Gospel and it’s secret agenda Close Encounters Donald Miller interview on Out of Ur Brian McLaren on “The Da Vinci Code” McLaren and the Secret Message: Part Two Is the Emerging Church the camel
salt (or a salt lick, as you will probably need more then you can imagine). For further reading on this delightful topic, take a peek at the following blogs: The Da Vinci Code and Opus Dei, Gridskipper, ResouceShelf’s Docuticker, At Home in Hespeler,Emerging Mosaic, and A Considerable Speck. May 16, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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