| White-wine Pietism | | Date Created: Dec 16, 2004, 10:29 PM |
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| Through a set of links starting with some of my new Lutheran blog-friends (see below), I finally got to the actual text of a late-90s article by Craig Parton called The New White Wine Pietists; he coulda called it "Communion Lite". He pretty much lumps in modernity-cuddling GLEs (what Humble Secretary calls "Good Little Evangelicals") in with PoMo-embracing Missionals as belonging to an umbrella group of those who align themselves together as enemies of the ancient theologia crucis. OK, OK, he's got the overdriven zeal of a new convert to Lutheranism (did he really say that theologia gloria must be "slain"?), but he's an insightful and wickedly clever zealot. If I had written this, I'd have been extremely proud of myself. And then I'd start attending Meetings and have a friend edit it for me. But here are his Nine Spiritual Laws of the White-Wine Pietists: |
1. Doctrine divides.
2. Subjectivity is spiritual.
3. Liturgy dulls.
4. The Sacraments are scary.
5. Catechesis is for teenagers or intellectuals.
6. Small groups promote "real" growth and "accountability."
7. Doctrinal hymns are elitist, but praise choruses edify.
8. The Holy Spirit hates apologetics.
9. Growth in faith comes through obedience to the law.
(Parton, "White Wine") |
| I've gotta say I enjoyed reading this. I can't really sign on the dotted line, but I just may assign it as required reading for my 1 Corinthians course! The Corinthians were definitely into white wine. |
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