tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436844.post4801940859195255819..comments2024-03-24T09:31:01.300+00:00Comments on Shiny Ginger Thoughts: Images of the ChurchDaniel Blanchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15525641726889468099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436844.post-31261874309879483292011-01-30T22:29:42.538+00:002011-01-30T22:29:42.538+00:00I was watching the bbc series on iplayer with Mich...I was watching the bbc series on iplayer with Michael Sandel, and the citizen's guide one of these illustrated the approach to ethical problems from utilitarianism, Kant and from Aristotle. I think he particularly focused on the weak areas of the first two, but didn't seem to take such issue with aristotle. I mention it because the different approaches in this seemed to reflect some different views on being a christian/ being church today.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388559051207270101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436844.post-44345807004094470512011-01-25T19:10:05.084+00:002011-01-25T19:10:05.084+00:00Hi Pete,
I'm sure you're right about hous...Hi Pete,<br /><br />I'm sure you're right about households. And I'm sure another of the things that we miss out on is exactly the public claim that the gospel makes for the church - the kind of claim that could bring the church into conflict with Caesar, for example, because they are citizens of another polis...<br /><br />Still, no popery here, right?Daniel Blanchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525641726889468099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436844.post-30783940397227967682011-01-24T09:50:37.055+00:002011-01-24T09:50:37.055+00:00Interesting.
It's also worth remembering that...Interesting.<br /><br />It's also worth remembering that 'household' in biblical times had far more 'political' overtones than it does today. Paul saying the church is the household of God is not as far from ideas related to the polis as 'family' is for us today. We read household and think nuclear family, whereas the household was a fuller more complicated thing in the NT.<br /><br />As to your question, I think one of the things we lose is the sense in which the church is meant to be a rival and a model civilisation. It fits well with many of our favourite dualism - sacred/ secular, private/ public, religion/ the rest of 'normal' life.<br /><br />My word verification is 'popery' - which is hilarious don't you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com