Re: We have to go back, but not to square one

Hmm I definitely agree with your basic premise that there needs to be a new paradigm to replace Christendom and that essentially with Hirsch (I have no read TFW, only the Shaping of Things to Come) , we do not have a new paradigm. It seems that he is advocating new forms rather than a new paradigm.

I also agree with Ilana that any new paradigm for the church must consider the global church and not just the dying western one. While the Christendom paradigm has collapsed in Europe, is it still alive and kicking in other parts of the world? Postmodernity is tied irrevocably to globalism through postcolonialism and therefore any new paradigm that “seeks a way forward through… postmodernism” needs to take the global church into account.

Another question about cDNA similar to Peters… Hirsch outlines his mDNA, I am assuming based on your review, with those 6 points including communitas, organic based systems etc. What exactly would cDNA be? Is this the creation mandate? Is the cDNA the essential message that must be carried through all generations? The universal truth? It seems like the cDNA is the core to all of your diagrams since it is the only thing that is being passed on.