Continuing our Camp Meeting 2.0- Bloggin' the 28, is this installment from our friend, Sherman Hayward Cox II at Vanderbilt University.
Sherman highlights the importance of our "embodiedness" by pointing to a contemporary social ill - domestic abuse. We are all aware that domestic abuse is ubiquitous. What we may also suspect, but may not know, is that
71% of pastors who returned the survey never counsel a woman to leave or separate based on domestic violence.6 92% never counsel the woman to get a divorce because of domestic violence.7 26% of pastors told women to go back to an abusive situation and submit.8 They said that God would bless the decision. In addition, 25% told the woman that her lack of submission was the cause of the abuse.9
Sherman points to the Adventist teaching of "spirited bodies" or body/spirit unity as a theological corrective to unchallenged domestic abuse.
In addition, I humbly confess that I, like several other bloggers in this project, have fallen behind in posting links to the other Camp Meeting 2.0 posts. After the jump, you will find the links I've missed in the past several weeks.
The New Earth - by Monte Sahlin (Aug 28)
Spiritual Gifts and Ministries - by Marcel Schwantes (Aug 24)
God the Son: Truly Human - by Trudy Morgan-Cole (Aug 17)
The Heavenly Sanctuary - by Marty Thurber and Dave Hamstra
Marriage, family, homosexuality, children - by Siroj Sorajjakool and Carrol Grady
Expanding the Scope of Stewardship - by Jared Wright
In Medias Res - The Preamble - by Julius Nam
Representing God - by Alexander Carpenter
Spiritual Practices Derived from Creation Theology - by Jared Wright
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