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Consider that we live in at least three worlds. Pre-modern world Modern world Emerging world 2006
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The church that is emerging in the aftermath of … -The Enlightenment methodology of Rene Descartes -The Mechanistic universe of Sir Isaac Newton -The Colonial Project of Europe (and the U.S.) -The Holocaust and 2 World Wars - Industrialism and environmental crisis
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The church that is emerging in the aftermath of … -The rise of the Religious Right - the collapse of secular left -The end of apartheid - Sept. 11 and resurgence of nationalism - the rise of consumerism and theocapitalism - the internet and virtual reality - religious broadcasting - absolutism and relativism - AIDs and global climate change
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Old Paradigm Early Transition Late Transition New Paradigm
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Old Paradigm Early Transition Late Transition New Paradigm
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The Churches We Know The Churches that are emerging The Churches of Tomorrow
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The Churches We Know The Churches that are emerging The Churches of Tomorrow The Churches We Love and Respect
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DEEPECCLESIOLOGYDEEPECCLESIOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc.
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DEEPECCLESIOLOGYDEEPECCLESIOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc. NOTE: Protestant History - Downward Expansion Power becomes more widely distributed; control is increasingly limited.
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DEEPECCLESIOLOGYDEEPECCLESIOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc. QUESTION: What happens when various levels learn from one another? What happens when people inhabit various levels at once?
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