Monday, March 10, 2008

Week 9 - Final Paper Outline v2

1 - Description of the culture:

A/ Historical background: Religious upbringing, counter-cultural stance, rejection of Christian values

B/ Strong postmodern influence, self reflectiveness, irony and openness to dialog

C/ Quest for authenticity


2 - Expression of the Gospel in this culture:

A/ How does the Gospel answer to the needs of this culture?

B/ Building theology together: the synthetic model

C/ An authentic theology, rooted in experience: the transcendental model


3 - How can the Church address this issue?

A/ Is the church as we know it relevant in this situation?

B/ Importance of relationship and exchange

C/ Natural creation of home “churches”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Simon - it will be interesting to see how you describe the postmodern - what slant you'll take on it for 1/b. Also, for part three it still looks like you might need to get more practical. Look for actual practices - maybe B and C are directed that way but be sure to have some concrete things to say about how things can be addressed.