Monthly Archives: January 2019
Book Review: Undomesticated Dissent by Curtis Freeman.
The theme of Freeman’s book is dissent and its critical place in both the formation and thriving of democracy. He focuses on three of the early pioneers of this dissent in 17th and 18th century British social life, that period of time when England was thrust into social upheaval...
‘Practices for the Refounding of God’s People.’ Part 1: Modernity’s Wager.
To engage the modern west with the gospel we need to understand that it has been shaped by ‘modernity’s wager’: the belief that life can be lived well without God. According to Alan Roxburgh and Martin Robinson in this conversation...
‘Practices for the Refounding of God’s People’: Part 2: Practices for Refounding.
The British and European church has benefitted from the arrival of Christian migrants from Africa and Asia, a ‘blessed reflex’ from the early days of mission. According to Alan Roxburgh the Canadian church has benefitted from the wisdom of First Nations indigenous peoples who have embodied an appreciation of the land...
A Christian Counter-Movement to Neoliberalism?
Recently I was sitting with friends on the back-deck when the topic of neo-liberalism came up. The conversation caused me reflect again about the Christian response to this massive social and cultural unravelling too many of us are experiencing. Why isn’t there a Christian counter movement for the protection of society from neo-liberalism?
Extending the Conversation
A Christian Counter Movement to Neoliberalism: A Rapid Response by Sally Mann
Further Thoughts on Christian Resistance by Alan Roxburgh
A Christian Counter-Movement to Neoliberalism: A Rapid Response
These comments are a Rapid Response to ‘A Christian Counter Movement to Neoliberalism’ by Alan Roxburgh, Journal of Missional Practice, Issue 11, Winter 2019. I read Alan’s article with interest – but possibly more of a sense of optimism (naivety?)...
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Further Thoughts on Christian Resistance
These reflections follow Alan Roxburgh’s initial article: ‘Why not a Christian counter movement to neoliberalism?’ and Sally Mann’s Rapid Response (Journal of Missional Practice, Issue 11, Winter 2019) In a recent article I raised the question: ‘Why not a Christian...
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The Nature of Christian Resistance: A Dialogue
In this video Alan Roxburgh and Sally Mann continue a discussion which they began in three short articles. Neoliberalism is a deeply embedded political theology, so embedded that many churches are unable to imagine any other way to think or live. In this conversation Sally and Alan together describe a worldview...
The Journey of Journey Communities
The story of Journey Communities and their café, is not one that says, 'here is a great new model of church', so much as, 'this is what mission tends to look like in a post Christendom, post secular and post so much else West'. Jeff and Christie Lothamer have come to the UK to serve as missionaries...