tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post5595041713189543982..comments2024-02-19T05:09:00.099-06:00Comments on Lutheran Confessions: Why Secularity May be the New Christian | Or | Refugees are UsClint Schneklothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707900080657719369noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-30786188000422845602017-04-04T22:27:37.269-05:002017-04-04T22:27:37.269-05:00Gotta' share with my ELCA/Episcopal pastor/pri...Gotta' share with my ELCA/Episcopal pastor/priest/spouse (and the rest of my Facebook friends)!Perry Gray-Reneberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13202350318202075298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020417.post-30216254151146129282015-09-10T21:15:20.876-05:002015-09-10T21:15:20.876-05:00Clint, I've thought about this too, noting tha...Clint, I've thought about this too, noting that the "old" Lutheran countries have become so secular while at the same time inscribing in their constitutions and policies Christian values of care for the meekest, etc. Instead of social imaginary, what about the habitus of the Gospel, which has sunk in deep while the chaff of the Church is slowly blowing away. I think it's important to note too that that habitus has been chastened in Europe, in its failure with regard to fascism, etc. Anyway, I also hear in what your saying Gianni Vattimo's notion of weak Christianity, which I am interested in. And what if secularism in society is different yet overlaps with the experience of secularism in the church? Sorry so disjointed. I saw the Zizek. Big fan. M. Lindermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313285404204104653noreply@blogger.com