Well, I've had a great day studying.
As the title says, I've been studying Charismatic theology and have found this unit very interesting.
I can't say that I hold with all that a Charismatic would hold too concerning spirituality but in looking at this subject it has made me think about the 'Emerging Church' and the way in which they are viewed by the Church today.
I had to think about what the Evangelical Church must have felt like when the Charismatic movement started gaining momentum back in the 1960's. I would say that they looked at it with scepticism much like a lot of people do today when they think about the Emerging Church.
All I want to say at this stage is that my reading on the subject of Charismatic theology isn't broad enough for me to say that the Charismatic movement is wrong never have I read enough on the Emerging Church. Should I voice an opinion when I don't know the arguments from both sides?
Clearly 'no', or if I do so I need to remember that such an opinion is going to be ill informed.
I think people judge before investigating and in doing so they may well get it wrong.
I don't want to miss God doing something new in our world today, do you?
2 comments:
mark do you think Renewal Theology in every area of study is truth. This is not an attempt to advance a particular cause but to understand in totality what the Christian faith proclaims. It is not only a matter of individual doctrines but also of the full round of Christian truth. With this in mind, it has been my prayerful desire that "the Spirit of truth" at every point will lead "into all the truth" or do you not agree with that i like to no what you think on this matter take care jay
did you also no that The Charismatic Movement is an expression used to refer to a movement within historic churches that began in the 1950s. In the earlier stages the movement was often termed "neo Pentecostal"; in more recent years it has frequently been referred to as the "charismatic renewal" or the "charismatic renewal movement." Therefore, participants are usually described as "charismatics."
On the American scene it is possible to date significant charismatic beginnings to the year 1960 with the national publicity given to certain events connected with the ministry of Dennis Bennett, at that time Episcopal rector in Van Nuys, California. Since then there has been a continuing growth of the movement within many of the mainline churches: first, such Protestant churches as Episcopal, Lutheran, and Presbyterian (early 1960s); second, the Roman Catholic (beginning in 1967); and third, the Greek Orthodox (about 1971). The charismatic movement has affected almost every historic church and has spread to many churches and countries beyond the United States. This continuing growth has resulted in a multiplicity of national, regional, and local conferences, the production of a wide range of literature, and increasing attention to doctrinal and theological questions both within and outside the movement. The challenge to the churches may be seen in the fact that since 1960 well over one hundred official denominational documents, regional, national, continental, and international, on the charismatic movement have been produced. cool a
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