The Future of Christianity - Teaser

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How can Christianity become a transformative force for the 21st century?

In The Future of Christianity, best-selling author Ken Wilber and renowned Christian contemplative Father Thomas Keating offer an interpretive vision of hope for the future of the worlds largest religion as one of the most powerful conveyor belts of human development at a time when it is so badly needed. These luminaries envision the Christian journey in a new way, with radical implications for our spiritual lives and for the world as a whole.

Join us in looking at this ancient tradition with new eyes, drawing from the riches of its contemplative practice and the latest understanding of how human beings develop. And connect with others on the same journey, those looking for renewed depth along the Christian path, informed by two of the worlds most respected spiritual visionaries

The Future of Christianity includes: * The Future of Christianity DVD featuring Father Thomas Keating and Ken Wilber * Deeper Inquiries DVD featuring special presentations on "Divine Therapy" by Father Thomas Keating and a remarkable discussion on Spirituality and Religion between Father Keating and Ken Wilber * Reflections on The Future of Christianity booklet, by Integral Christianity teacher Rollie Stanich, exploring a number of exciting new concepts on the evolution of Christianity from an Integral perspective.

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[andy7666]

Options to 'evolve' and 'develop' the faith? Christianity is dead if you can't stick to your own religious teachings or feel the need to alter your 'Holy' texts and teachings to fit political correctness - what a joke!

[IntegralNaked]

Actually i would say that any religious tradition (Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, etc.) is dead if it is unable to evolve with the times.... As humanity continues to evolve, so should our ways of understanding the world, both secular and spiritual. And as people develop through magical, mythical, rational, postmodern, and integral stages of development, religious institutions should be able to develop through the same stages, rather than getting stuck at the mythic stage....

[edyersh]

The evidence for a historical Jesus is questionable. It is more likely a fiction based on the Osiris/Dionysus myth.

[IntegralNaked]

Yes, this is one of many perspectives that need to be taken into account in order to gain a fuller understanding of Christ as a man, a symbol, a myth, and a mystic. But we can't just end the conversation here, simply because we do not know very much about the historical Jesus, and allow that criticism to discredit or undermine any further discussion....

[geneworkman]

Have you not heard - god is imaginary!

[geneworkman]

Have you not heard - god is imaginary!

[myshakenbaken]

@cpuchala7 Everyone was saying that in the 20's and there are now billions. No narcissistic chest-thumping is going to compensate for those numbers.

[MrEchinoderm]

@geneworkman

Imaginaaaaaation!

[Vire70]

@88Keyz101

Well said.

[Vire70]

@IntegralNaked

Except they can't. By definition religions are reliant upon past events; like Jesus himself. Those will always be in the past. It is why they are always unchanging. The closest you get to change in religion is the Catholics with their supposedly 'divinely inspired' Pope, but it takes a real simpleton to actually believe such rubbish, especially when they're advocating some of the most ignorant and damaging views in modern society (no condoms, get rid of abortion, etc).

[88Keyz101]

@IntegralNaked

Responding to 2 yr old post, I know. To alter, upgrade, remix, or update a religion to fit into modern times is a clear indication that the religion is false. If it were true, it wouldnt need man's intervention. If you see something in the bible that doesnt coincide with our times & you change it (or re-interpret it), its also clear that you didnt need the doctrine to begin with if you used your mind to figure out a more useful way of living.

Theres no such thing as magic.

[jhgosnell]

i love integral approaches...i especially would like to see a product that includes traditional work like psalmody, prayer, and lectio divina. without some traditional practices it loses it's flavor and becomes an objective study.

[cdphatty]

some would say that the redemption of christianity is the redemption of this civilization, we're all smack in the middle of a huge narrative

[TucsonDave111]

Isn’t it time we grow up and drop this crap. We don’t need the teachings of a bunch of uneducated goat herders from a couple thousand years ago.

[cpuchala7]

Religion is dying, and I, for one, will start digging its grave.

[LooksAeterna]

True Christianity is mystical and hence hasn't even entered the stage yet, except as a few very gifted individuals. What we know as the conventional christianities are Rome's attempt to survive its downfall in the form of religion (research the meaning of the term in Rome !).

Being mystical, Xianity is not owned by any stage of development or even undergoing development. It is a direct link to that which drives that development. In the traditional churches, it appears mainly as the Eucharist.