God is constantly creating anew. And God also, invites us to be re-created and join the work of God as co-(re)creators. . . . Imagine the Kingdom of God as the creative process of God reengaging in all that we know and experience. . . . When we employ creativity to make this world better, we participate with God in the recreation of the world.

— Doug Pagitt (b. 1966), Mitbegründer der Emerging-Church-Bewegung, Pastor, Buchautor und Aktivist

Topics: Work & Vocation, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Discipleship

Doug Pagitt

Doug Pagitt (* 1966) ist ein US-amerikanischer Pastor, Buchautor und Aktivist aus Minnesota, der Ende der 1990er-Jahre als Mitbegründer der Emerging-Church-Bewegung bekannt wurde. Er steht für eine dialogorientierte, post-evangelikale Gemeindepraxis und progressive Gesellschaftspolitik, stößt jedoch bei konservativen Theologen wegen der Infragestellung traditioneller Dogmen auf scharfe Ablehnung. Bibellesern begegnet er als profilierte Stimme für ein kritisches Hinterfragen evangelikaler Denkmuster und die Verbindung christlicher Ethik mit sozialer Verantwortung.

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