In the recent book An Emergent Manifesto of Hope, put together by co-editors Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones, we are told by Samir Selmanovic of the Emergent Church:
God’s table is welcoming all who seek, and if any religion is to win, may it be the one that produces people who are the most loving, the most humble, the most Christlike. Whatever the meaning of “salvation” and “judgement,” we Christians are going to be saved by grace, like everyone else, and judged by our works, like everyone else… For most critics of such open Christianity, the problem with inclusiveness is that it allows for truth to be found in other religions. To emerging Christians, that problem is sweet… Moreover, if non-Christians can know our God, then we want to benefit from their contribution to our faith. (195,196)
Read entire article at Apprising ministry…… http://apprising.org/
http://apprising.org/2008/11/samir-selmanovic-god-is-father-of-all-religion/
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1 Ken Silva // Nov 28, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Thank you for picking this piece up, I appreciate it. These guys are slippery and my guess is they’d say they are only having a “conversation” about universal reconciliation.
That said Spencer Burke, a leading figure in the Emerging rebellion against Sola Scriptura is quite open about his universalism:
http://apprising.org/2008/11/spencer-burke-im-a-universalist-who-believes-in-hell/
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