I really dig gawking at and collecting images of Jesus. I don’t think I have ever stumbled upon a Jesus image collection quite as good as the one hosted by mattstone.blogs (nevermind the site’s overarching dedication to a syncretistic sort of pluralism). I especially enjoy the Anglo Jesus image wing. If you are aware of any other collections of Jesus images, drop me a note! Visual interpretations are so interesting, no?
Matt, right on brother. I’ll go back to your place and take a bit more time to investigate. My apologies for my misunderstanding. I must say though, I am very, very familiar with complete pluralism and religious syncretism. Perhaps my hasty reaction was a result of this familiarity. I will be slower to pronounce next time. Thanks man.
Thanks for the write up Shawn though I would suggest you’ve misunderstood the blog somewhat.
I affirm Jesus as the one true master and the one true God, I just do so from within a cultural context that you probably aren’t used to.
I draw a strong distinction between critical contextualisation and uncritical syncretism and if you read more carefully you will see I am a committed evangelical. If you want to understand more you may find it helpful to read up on Hiebert’s contextualisation methodology. You’ll find a brief synopsis of it in this article by Mike Frost. http://www.cegm.org.au/articles/risky-negotiation.html
Yours in Christ
Matt Stone
Right on, ck. Some of the worst Jesus expressions I have ever seen have come from what I like to call “yesterday’s evangelicalism”.
Well, there is the “Jesus of the week” site but it is tongue in cheek and very satirical. Like the Jesus Pan which allows you to burn his image into tortillas. Probably best to think of the site as a warning about what pop culture (sometimes evangelical culture even) can do to sacred icons!
LOL. That is a great one, Robin.
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