Should we talk about "reformation" rather than "deconstruction"?

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

@T_aquaticus

I don’t think a crisis of faith is a necessary outcome of a crisis of theology.

Nor I. That’s why I said ‘could’.

@T_aquaticus

The Protestant Reformation certainly didn’t cause a rejection of Christianity throughout Europe.

A good and maybe the prime example?

@T_aquaticus

@Dale

If someone is having a crisis of faith then likely they’ve already been through a crisis of theology […]

That wasn’t the case for me. It was the basics of faith that I questioned, not theological nuances. For example, the debate over faith and works with respect to salvation never really factored into it.

Yes, I didn’t mean that a crisis of theology was a likely or necessary precursor, but only if they were going to have one they would have been through it.

@Dale

If someone is having a crisis of faith then likely they’ve already been through a crisis of theology, if they’re going to have one.

[knor (Kai)]

@jpm

There is ultimately a turn back to God, so really a good story as to how we can be used by God despite our flaws, but certainly not the heroic figure we are taught about as children in the patriarchal culture many of us grew up in. So, even now I am deconstructing some of what I was taught with bad theology.

One teacher in a theology seminar said that the persons needing theology studies more than any other group are those teaching children. There is logic behind that opinion. The teaching we hear as children builds the basic beliefs we have. Sunday school teachings for kids are not always truth (bad theology) and it demands some time and work to get rid of those wrong ideas later in the life.
I admire those Christians able to teach children in an interesting but truthful way.

[HRankin (Hillary Rankin)]

Hi Elias!

A late welcome to the forum!

I agree with this:

@Elias_Kruger

Reformation is not adequate enough to describe the level of change needed

mostly because of how “evangelical” has become more than just a religious descriptor.