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GodViews: The Convictions That Drive Us and Divide Us
GodViews is a provocative and insightful look at the divisions within the church. The author is a notable conservative Presbyterian whose thinking and writing style has many fans on the liberal end as well. Here, Jack Haberer discusses five different concerns of preservation of truth, promotion of intimacy with God, unity in the church, caring for victims, and welcoming the marginalized.
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First published April 1, 2001
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September 15, 2010
Our pastor recommended this book as a way for Christians to understand each other when they don't agree. It divides Christians into five different types - confessionalist, devotionalist, ecclesiast, altruist, and activist - based on who they view God to be and what they see as the chief aim of the Church. Conflict ensues when, for example, a confessionalist, who sees truth as something to be pursued at all costs, bumps into an activist who thinks that the status quo needs to be shaken up and the confessionalist's truth might not be the only truth. And so on.
Thought-provoking, though I very much wish that Haberer had offered more concrete examples of actual conflicts and dialogue, and that he had offered some more practical advice. E.g., if you are a confessionalist talking to an activist, here are some things to keep in mind, here is some language to avoid, and here are some phrases to use.
He also over-emphasizes the importance of the Presbyterian church, both in the capital-C-Church and in the U.S. generally.
Thought-provoking, though I very much wish that Haberer had offered more concrete examples of actual conflicts and dialogue, and that he had offered some more practical advice. E.g., if you are a confessionalist talking to an activist, here are some things to keep in mind, here is some language to avoid, and here are some phrases to use.
He also over-emphasizes the importance of the Presbyterian church, both in the capital-C-Church and in the U.S. generally.
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