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06-10-2008, 09:47 AM
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I got it a couple months ago for my birthday, but I've just recently started reading Darryl Hart's Recovering Mother Kirk. I don't agree with everything he says, but overall I'm finding it to be a very good alert (or reminder) to contemporary Reformed believers and churches.
Other opinions or thoughts from people who have read it, or other material by Hart?
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06-10-2008, 09:49 AM
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What is his thesis or theme? (Just curious)
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06-10-2008, 09:53 AM
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I have read Mother Kirk and found it to be a challenging and fun read. His bio of Machen is outstanding above outstanding.
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I thought it was worthwhile.
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Originally Posted by Me Died Blue  I got it a couple months ago for my birthday, but I've just recently started reading Darryl Hart's Recovering Mother Kirk. I don't agree with everything he says, but overall I'm finding it to be a very good alert (or reminder) to contemporary Reformed believers and churches.
Other opinions or thoughts from people who have read it, or other material by Hart? | I have been steadily moving towards a High-Church Presbyterianism for a while, but I suppose there is not a great deal of difference between High-Church Presbyterianism and what we do at my church now (Low Anglican). Touchstone Archives: Rediscovering Mother Kirk Reforming Mother Kirk: The Case for Liturgy in the Reformed Tradition | Theology Today | Find Articles at BNET.com
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As long as Hart sticks to ecclesial issues he will be fine. I, too, am very high-church. But in almost every book/article Hart wants to point out how Kuyper and worldveiw are bad, which he unhelpfully labels "transformationalist." I am neither Kuyperian nor transformational as it is commonly (mis)understood.
When he improves in his understanding of what worldview actually is, and how it is inevitable (his denials notwithstanding) he will be much better.
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Originally Posted by Ivanhoe As long as Hart sticks to ecclesial issues he will be fine. I, too, am very high-church. But in almost every book/article Hart wants to point out how Kuyper and worldveiw are bad, which he unhelpfully labels "transformationalist." I am neither Kuyperian nor transformational as it is commonly (mis)understood.
When he improves in his understanding of what worldview actually is, and how it is inevitable (his denials notwithstanding) he will be much better. | His book on John Williamson Nevin: High Church Calvinist was pretty good. But he is very pietistic, sadly.
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