2020/08/11

Generous Orthodoxy

I'm cruising thru the back catalog of "Revisionist History" and came across the episode titled "Generous Orthodoxy" (Season 1 Episode 9) 

 In Malcoms own words, generous orthodoxy is "...comes from a theologian named Hans Frei. It’s an oxymoron, of course. To be orthodox is to be committed to tradition. To be generous, as Frei defines it, is to be open to change. But Frei thought the best way to live our lives was to find the middle ground because orthodoxy without generosity leads to blindness and generosity without orthodoxy is shallow and empty. One of the hardest things in the world is to find that balance. Not just for those pursuing a life of faith but for anyone interested in making their world better. I think Chester Wenger shows us the way."

Here is the letter mentioned in Malcom Gladwells article

An Open Letter To My Beloved Church

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