The church in our post-Christendom era needs different models for
conceptualizing its own identity and its relationship to the rest
of society. Philip Kenneson sets forth a model that suggests that
the church's role in contemporary society is to serve as a
"contrast-society." In this model, the church is animated by a
different spirit than that which animates "the world." Moreover,
the "contrast-society" model has tremendous missional promise in
that its embodied life in the world is its witness to the world.
Kenneson acknowledges that this model is sometimes rejected by both
Christians and non-Christians because it appears to be too
"sectarian." He therefore asks, What are we claiming about a
particular group when we call it sectarian? He argues that critics
who regard a "contrast-society" church as sectarian often operate
with untenable understandings of rationality, culture, politics,
religion, and critique. In a concluding chapter, Kenneson offers
reflections on how moving "beyond sectarianism" allows us to see
afresh some of the missional promise of the
church-as-contrast-society model. Philip D. Kenneson is Assistant
Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Milligan College and author
of Selling Out the Church: The Dangers of Church Marketing.
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