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Constructive Critique?

Posted Apr 4, 12:43 PM | 0 comments | by Tony Myles | Link

One of the newer books on Christian bookstore shelves these days is Why We’re Not Emergent: By Two Guys Who Should Be by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck. DeYoung serves as Senior Pastor of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, while Kluck runs his own web site where he shares the latest things he’s doing as an “author/speaker/screenwriter.” Their collaboration on this book is an attempt to explain why ideas and people of the “Emerging Church” should be questioned, although most points made deal specifically with “Emergent Village.”

Sharing the writing load in every other chapter, DeYoung hits the theology angles hard while Kluck’s approach is more narrative in nature. They hold in common an attempt to tactfully deconstruct Emergent by exploring quotes from blogs, lines from books, and topics from conferences.

This could easily be something Emergents would raise their shields at.

Yet what would happen if instead the critique was embraced? If Emergent Village is a diverse community, is there room at the table for those who would explore the Scriptures and come to more conservative conclusions?

For more on this, consider these further reads:

• Intro and first chapter for review.
• Dan Kimball wrote a summary including his interactions with the authors.
• On my blog I share about how running through the book ran through me.
• Jonathan Leeman wrote a sobering review of the book.

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