tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post1349624077149369046..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Reader's question: Can anything useful to the Christian be learned from modernist literature? Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-36063047601319907812015-07-01T15:30:55.689+01:002015-07-01T15:30:55.689+01:00He does offer some sense of purpose with God being...He does offer some sense of purpose with God being an evolutionary impulse. and we are a conduit for that evolution. But I agree with you that he grounds himself in more an impersonal absolute Buddhist metaphysic, than the personal Christian God. With that being said, I have seen <a href="https://www.integrallife.com/future-christianity" rel="nofollow">some work from the integral community</a> to move more towards this relationship.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-45761272432537349342015-07-01T12:44:35.619+01:002015-07-01T12:44:35.619+01:00@Ted - yes, I looked through Ken Wilbur during my ...@Ted - yes, I looked through Ken Wilbur during my New Age era, which was during the decade of 1998-2007. I regard him as partly useful - he certainly could help address modern alienation by providing more animistic life and meaning; but does not address the nihilism of modernity nor provide purpose, because he is limited by lack of an objective objective metaphysics and a personal God. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-28618351955512617482015-07-01T12:17:06.288+01:002015-07-01T12:17:06.288+01:00Question for you Bruce: Are you familiar with the ...Question for you Bruce: Are you familiar with the work of Ken Wilber, and his approach to integrate all perspectives (i.e. schools of thought, religions, worldviews)? And what do you think of such a post-metaphysical integral approaches that posit every perspective is "partially right" and bring something to the table?tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.com