Emerging Chaos

Does the Bible speak accurately to historical matters? Is it just a collection of myths and legends, or does it contain information that is objectively correct and reliable? Can it provide accurate guidance for law and morals? Is there really such a thing as hell? Does God even objectively exist? Are the modern purveyors of the religious socialist gospel honest and concerned individuals, or are they instead irretrievably compromised in their beliefs? In Emerging Chaos, Russ Rodgers tackles these questions and more, delving into the thought and people of the Emerging Church Movement, or ECM. Rodgers analyzes the impact of post-modernism and the history of hermeneutical change on the development of ECM theology and their worldview. His research delves not only into the theology of the ECM, but into the history of its origins and its similarities to other movements, while concurrently examining the lifestyles and politics of those who claim Christian Evangelicals should shun politics and focus on the poor. His research covers such individuals as Brian McLaren, Rob Bell, Gabe Lyons, Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo, Peter Enns, David Gushee, and many more. Rodgers details how efforts by ECM writers to discredit the Biblical record have led them down the road of slipshod scholarship, questionable historical and public policy analyses, and have played havoc not only with the church, but with the very notion of peace and stability in the western world. Emerging Chaos is organized to allow a reader quick access to an essential understanding of the ECM, while offering more detailed analysis for those who wish to dive deeper. Rodgers states without equivocation that the Biblical documents are accurate portrayals of real historical events, being a testimony of a real God who objectively exists. His penetrating analysis is insightful and his conclusions provocative.