Comments on: Disgraceland http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2010/02/27/disgraceland/ Theology you can eat and drink Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Mike Bull http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2010/02/27/disgraceland/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:22:56 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=4603#comment-2753 Well said, George. Thanks.

]]> By: George Crocker http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2010/02/27/disgraceland/comment-page-1/#comment-2752 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:51:12 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=4603#comment-2752 Mike I agree that we Protestants have practiced a more gnostic faith but I don’t see it as happening right after the Reformation (the seed may have been there among some) but most likely happened at the turn of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. John W. Montgomery thinks that it was the reaction of the fundamentalists to the “postmil” (not real postmils) social gospel at the beginning of the 20th century. As a result the Gospel became individualistic rather than culture changing and the discipling of all nations. He may be right. Anyway it is high-time we got back to the whole Gospel = Word and Deed ministry. IMO

]]> By: Mike Bull http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2010/02/27/disgraceland/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:24:40 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=4603#comment-2749 George

Yes – our greatest strength is usually the flipside of our greatest weakness. The “earthiness” of Catholicism can lead to superstition. The Protestant rejection of such leads to what Jordan describes as a kind of gnosticism, a faith disconnected from “physical” history.

]]> By: george http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2010/02/27/disgraceland/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:02:10 +0000 http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/?p=4603#comment-2748 Anne Rice has a similar story to tell in her book Called Out of Darkness. I e-mailed her about it one time and mentioned something along the lines of what you were saying about how there is a tangible difference between Catholic and Protestant cultures. My remarks were more along the lines of their respective contributions to Art, but I think there is probably a connection.

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