Comments on: A Challenge to Emergent Authors

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By: luthermergent » Blog Archive » Interview with Tony Jones, author of “The New Christians” (Part 2)

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:06:33 +0000

[...] BOUMA: A recent post on presbymergent titled A Challenge to Emergent Authors raised the following question, among others: “In the emergent conversation, are we writing [...]

By: The End of Trickle-Down Education « Tony Jones

The End of Trickle-Down Education « Tony Jones — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:12:50 +0000

[...] Some have been critical of the publishing partnerships that Doug and I have forged for Emergent Village, but here’s the deal: Piper writes at a popular level; MacArthur writes at a popular; even the Pope writes at a popular level. If we want our emergent theologies to compete in the world of theological ideas, then we have to write populist theology. And, at this point, the Internet is a powerful tool, but traditional dead-tree publishing is powerful in a different way. Academic elites bitch and moan about the Left Behind theology that is ascendent in America, but they continue to write for Oxford University Press and are thus destined to sell about a tiny fraction of the books that LaHaye/Jenkins sell. [...]

By: TribalChurch.org

TribalChurch.org — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:58:14 +0000

[...] Locke is hosting an interesting discussion at Presbymergents. He’s talked about this before, and it’s pretty fascinating to see the [...]

By: Renewed Challenge to Emergent Authors : presbymergent

Renewed Challenge to Emergent Authors : presbymergent — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:27:24 +0000

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By: Interview with Tony Jones, author of “The New Christians” (Part 2) » JakeBouma.com

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:02:57 +0000

[...] BOUMA: A recent post on presbymergent titled A Challenge to Emergent Authors raised the following question, among others: “In the emergent conversation, are we writing the [...]

By: Neal Locke

Neal Locke — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:14:23 +0000

Are you serious??? The Public Domain is becoming an endangered species! True, technology is helping us index things that are *already* in the public domain, but everytime more works are slated to move into the PD, the US congress extends the length of copyright terms. When our country was founded, 14 years after publication was the maximum term allowable by law. Now, it’s 75 years after the death of the author, and even then, it can still be renewed for another long term by the descendants of the author. No significant new works have passed into the Public Domain for the past 50 years. And if Jack Vallenti (head of the MPAA) had his way, Public Domain would be abolished altogether. He certainly owns enough congressmen to make it a realistic threat.

No, I’m afraid relying on the public domain is a horrible way to spread Emergent ideas to the world, unless we want our post-modern audience to be long dead…

By: Bumble

Bumble — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:24:12 +0000

“why not advocate for more open licensing and progressive distribution among *all* of these media, regardless of reader ability?”

No need. Have you visit books.google.com lately? In times all these things will be in public domain.

By: BibleFreak

BibleFreak — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:20:45 +0000

I found this site through a Google Alert for Libronix. As an avid Libronix user and reader, I wanted to chime in on the discussion about dense reading and skimming and so forth. And the propensity of online readers to less dense books.

I am a student of Gods Word, and I have read it and many of its parts countless times. But, when it comes to dense works (dense here means theological density, or discussion of the discussion of particularizing scriptural themes) I have to vote electronic every time.

Writers of such works, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Owen, MacArther, Murry, Gill, and such, require time and context to make sense within the framework of the Church, the World, Faith and Life.

Skimming, scanning and searching with Libronix, makes studying any given topic much easier than having to read entire volumes covering material we may or may not want planted in our minds.

There is nothing wrong in not finishing a book, even a small one. But for serious research on biblical topics, and especially theological dogmas, the usefulness of this tool is immeasurable.

I have never read Calvin’s Institutes in their entirety, though I may one day have throughly covered them in context. I currently have Three of the Four “Reformed Dogmatics” by Bavinck sitting at bed side. I never intend to read these straight through, Instead I read the topics and chapters which are contributing to my current studies. These are dense, but I am not a weak reader for choosing to study this way.

How many times have we been reading something, agreeing right along, when suddenly the writer goes in a direction completely contrary to where we suppose they have just been?

I personally have been asked to read works I would never choose to read, for the purpose of giving an opinion. Sometimes I can not make it through, for I find the content such dribble as to be a waste of my time.

I want to encourage anyone reading, in context, any work of any depth. You are educating yourself and this is good! Don’t fret that you have not finished a particular work, your not dead yet.

There will come a criticism, “by reading only a portion of the authors thoughts, is not reading in context!”

Here we will have to part company, since this is a completely different discussion. Email me if you want to pursue it! matthewdavis@biblefreak.org

Blessings to all!