Posted by: DanutM | 30 January 2012

Hipersexualizarea evanghelismului american

Sunt sigur ca cei mai multi evanghelici romani n u au auzit de Mark Driscoll sau de Ed Young. Si, sincer sa fiu, n-au pierdut foarte mult. Sunt sigur insa ca multi dintre ei sunt familiari cu cartile despre casatorie si mai ales cu aspectele sexuale ale vietii de familie traduse la noi dupa 1989.

Eu nu sunt dintre cei care considera sexualitatea un subiect tabu. Este evident insa, uitindu-ma la aceste carti, ca exista o obsesie psihanalizabila cu sexualitatatea in evanghelismul american (asa cum un fost prieten al meu, mare promotor – absolut interesat – al conservatorismului fatarnic, este cunoscut pentru predilectia lui pentru glumele cu tenta sexuala, un soi de masturbare verbala, in opinia mea.

Taina casatoriei (ma intreb citi dintre evanghelicii romani au citit cartea cu acest titlu a lui Mike Mason, publicata cu ani in urma de Editura Logos) pare sa fie un subiect mult prea mistic si ezoteric pentru evanghelici.

Asa fiind, lucrurile merg mai departe. Recent, Mark Driscoll, acest playboy al evanghelismului american, a produs, impreuna cu sotia lui, o carte despre (ce altceva decit) sexul in casatorie, in care descrierile grafice si afirmatiile fara perdea (adica indiscrete, cu privire la lucruri care nu au de ce sa iasa din dormitor) abunda. O alta instanta a patologiei psihanalizabile ilustrata mai sus.

Si Driscoll nu este singurul. Ed Young, un alt megastar evanghelic american in cautare de publicitate ieftina a ‘comis’ si el o scamatorie sexuala care a facut sa vuiasca prese. Se vede ca la acesti narcisisti eclesiali scopul zcuza mijloacele.

Deoarece nu am chef sa mai pierd vremea cu asemenea timpenii, va indemn sa va informati singuri, explorind textele din linkurile de mai jos.

Si, vorba lui Neculai Constantin Munteanu, ‘sa auzim mai degraba de bine’.

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The Best Responses to the Driscolls and Youngs

Real Marriage: A Review part 1

Real Marriage: A Review part 2

The Trouble with Ed Young’s Rooftop Sexperiment


Responses

  1. You may be entirely right in your characterization, but there are some issues you may not have considered. Such as-
    1) many Christian parents (American, Romanian, etc) did not consent to allow their children to attend sex education classes in elementary or high school (so many kids don’t even have a basic biological understanding of the reproductive system, they just know to label the body parts)
    2) at the same time, many of these same parents failed to have any meaningful conversation with their children and instruct them in the theology of sex aside from “Don’t do it”.
    3) children were still getting their sex education from their friends and the schools were still indoctrinating their moral standard on the kids anyways.

    They have been getting the hypersexualized message from hollywood for decades. And if parents slacked off in this duty, shouldn’t they learn what the Church message is?

    Here’s a short excerpt from a site that I think we both read – Associated Baptist Press in today’s posts:

    David Gushee: We are trying to say that we believe many Baptists, Christians and churches have been avoiding a serious conversation about sexuality and what norms ought to govern the Christian expression of sexuality in our contemporary context. Some have been avoiding the conversation because they are already sure of their answers. Others have been avoiding the conversation because they are afraid of conflict. Perhaps others fear the exposure of what might prove to be an insuperable gap between what they think Christian sexual morality should look like and what Christians are actually doing with their sexuality. We think that avoiding the subject is irresponsible and should not continue.

    We are trying to say that Baptist Christians need a context for “faithful listening” in a quest to hear what God would say to us today about how disciples of Jesus Christ live in responsible sexuality.
    http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/7102/9/

    • Dear Rodi,
      I am not trying to deny the importance of appropriate discussions of human sexuality. I believe this blog is a testimony that I am shying away from that.
      What I abhor here is the disgusting obsession with sexuality, reduced to its mechanics, in certain sections of American evangelicalism.
      And, I am sure you are aware already, I fully agree with Gushee, here, and in many other instances.

  2. te gindesti la cine ma gindesc si eu?

    • :-( vorba ceia, sa-ti fie rusine ca te-ai gindit la ce m-am gindit eu.

  3. că lui…

  4. Danut, congratulations for having the guts to expose these new trends in American evangelicalism. As support for your characterization here is a link with all the latest “prostii” some American evangelical “pastors” are doing … in order to mass-market their churches/programs (like the “Sexpirament” or “Safesex” sermon series):

    Christian Erotica: http://www.alittleleaven.com/christian_erotica/

  5. recent American news about this “Christian Sex Movement”:

    “God and Sex: New Christian Movement?” http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/god-sex-christian-movement-15617586

    and a lutheran response (rather open lines at Issues Etc.): http://issuesetc.org/2012/02/15/2-the-christian-sex-movement-open-lines-2152012/


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