Ben Witherington critiques Frank Viola and George Barna’s Pagan Christianity (part 2, part 3, part 4). He does a good job of exposing the bias and academic trickery behind the book. (Although I do think it asks some of the right questions, as I wrote here.)
Filed under: Life in Mordor, The Body of Christ | Tagged: Religion, Christianity, Books, Frank Viola, Pagan Christianity, George Barna
A fellow scholar exposes the fallacies in Ben Witherington’s review of Pagan Christianity.
http://www.paganchristianity.org/zensresponds1.htm
Thanks for the link Jim. A lot of interesting stuff there; although I tend to be wary of any response that begins with “You haven’t read the book.”
The sequel to “Pagan Christianity?” is out now. It’s called “Reimagining Church”. It picks up where “Pagan Christianity” left off and continues the conversation. (“Pagan Christianity” was never meant to be a stand alone book; it’s part one of the conversation.) “Reimagining Church” is endorsed by Leonard Sweet, Shane Claiborne, Alan Hirsch, and many others. You can read a sample chapter at http://www.ReimaginingChurch.org. It’s also available on Amazon.com. Frank is also blogging now at http://frankviola.wordpress.com/