The Emergent Church, Explained, Peter Rollins

Though a subject of great discussion in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the emergent movement has seemingly dropped off the map as of late. Part of this stems from the difficulty in defining just what the Emergent Movement is. Led by authors and pastors like Brian McLaren (A New Kind of Christian, 2001) and Tony Jones (The Church is Flat, 2011), emergent churches have sought to reshape how to “do church” in the postmodern culture, often challenging traditional Christian understandings of faith and practice.

Still, the concept is an important one for any churches in the 21st century who desire to provide a spiritual place of rest, reflection and intelligent theology for their local neighbourhood.

Here Peter Rollins, Irish writher, Christian theologian and philosopher, talks about the Emergent Church in an interview.