Postkiwi

Session Two in the Emerging Generations Course will focus on theological reflection.

I’ll be introducing participants to a few authors and their models. Whitehead & Whitehead on culture, tradition, personal experience. O’Connell Killen and De Beer on experience and imagery. A consideration of action research models from Argyris and Schon. Stephen Bevans and Neil Darragh on contextual approaches.

The challenge is to find a focus or two for conversation as we try these models out. What topic could we use that is likely to generate inter-generational conversation?

Perhaps the Eucharist. How important is form and liturgy in the celebration of the eucharist? We could take a sociologoical approach to help us access generational understandings of the meal context. We could look at the influence of individualist and communal interpretations of 1 Corinthians 11. All this in the context of personal experiences and expectations around communion.

Taking a contextual approach would lead us to choosing a topic for conversation on the day. What is it that is engaging the minds of participants? There could be issues raised that have not even been considered by church leaders.