Quick SAT analogy - Movement : Institution as Spirituality : ______
I heard Brian McLaren once say that movements are organizations which call institutions to new social gains and institutions are organizations which conserve the gains made by past movements.
I have heard that people are now more spiritual than religious. That is people are seeking out new ways to experience the transcendent and less interested in traditional experiences of the transcendent.
Could it be that spirituality is to religion as movements are to institutions?
Could it be that we are a culture that is more interested in seeking out new gains rather than preserving the gains made by our past movements?
Why do you think we as a people are more interested in movements/spirituality than institutions/religions?
In the next post, I will submit one reason that I think we are drawn to the movements/spirituality than institutions/religions. But until then, what say you?
I have heard that people are now more spiritual than religious. That is people are seeking out new ways to experience the transcendent and less interested in traditional experiences of the transcendent.
Could it be that spirituality is to religion as movements are to institutions?
Could it be that we are a culture that is more interested in seeking out new gains rather than preserving the gains made by our past movements?
Why do you think we as a people are more interested in movements/spirituality than institutions/religions?
In the next post, I will submit one reason that I think we are drawn to the movements/spirituality than institutions/religions. But until then, what say you?
