tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5436903811282580900.post8134917250454109445..comments2023-10-15T03:50:39.473-07:00Comments on Fruitful Conversations: Sects and the Missional Mimesis of the Messiah - Part Two - Mission and MimesisHarry Wykmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17294612377220546687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5436903811282580900.post-49790218122569654962007-12-11T23:12:00.000-08:002007-12-11T23:12:00.000-08:00@Ted - Thanks for your comment Ted.@Ted - Thanks for your comment Ted.Harry Wykmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294612377220546687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5436903811282580900.post-40780617258347130662007-12-01T06:12:00.000-08:002007-12-01T06:12:00.000-08:00I like what you are saying, here, Harry, about the...I like what you are saying, here, Harry, about these creative minorities. I think one of Yoder's fundamental insights has to do with how Christians tend to stifle our own creativity by limiting ourselves to thinking as if we have the responsibility to run the world--for example, when we think about politics we think in terms of what should the people in power do. <BR/><BR/>Thinking from this standpoint leads to much mischief, not least a marginalization of the vision of life Jesus taught and lived (since operating with love of neighbor as the most fundamental guide is not possible for people in power).<BR/><BR/>A "sectarian" approach can free us from the constraints of doing theological ethics from the top down. Ironically, as Yoder also argues, with such freedom Christians may actually be more effective in influencing the wider world than when we work within Constantinian constraints.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com