Brian McLaren Abortion, Sexual Tolerance and Moral Standards |
"McLaren
is the unofficial leader of the 'emergent church' movement,
which emphasizes environmentalism and racial and sexual tolerance,
while distancing itself from the social conservatism of the
religious right.... But many Christians object to McLaren's
message, particularly his permissive attitude toward issues
like abortion."
—Article from the Baltimore Sun
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His
Own Words |
Brian
McLaren, statesman and leader for the emerging
church movement, is on the back cover of Tony Campolo's new
book, Speaking My Mind : The Radical Evangelical Prophet Tackles
the Tough Issues Christians Are Afraid to Face. Among other
blasphemous statements, Campolo says the following about contemplative
prayer and its ability to unite Christianity and Islam.—
"[M]ysticism [contemplative prayer]
provides some hope for common ground between Christianity and
Islam. Both religions have within their histories examples of
ecstatic union with God, which seem at odds with their own spiritual
traditions but have much in common with each other."
"[P]erhaps
we have so over-emphasized the role of songs in worship - to the
exclusion of many other liturgical options (poetry, historic prayers,
silence, meditative reading" more
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Brian McLaren Abortion, Sexual Tolerance and Moral Standards |
"McLaren
is the unofficial leader of the 'emergent church' movement,
which emphasizes environmentalism and racial and sexual tolerance,
while distancing itself from the social conservatism of the
religious right.... But many Christians object to McLaren's
message, particularly his permissive attitude toward issues
like abortion."
—Article from the Baltimore Sun
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