Emergence Christianity - Naming Names and Providing Terms

Justin Edwards

We've covered a lot of ground so far with postmodernism, contemplative spirituality/mysticism, and the New Age and how they fit nicely within the framework of the Emerging Church. We will now begin getting into the meat of this movement with regards to the practices and other topics. A good place to start is to simply list the terms and names associated as that will give you a heads up to the topics we will be discussing and why they are so dangerous. Perhaps you've heard these terms in your own church or elsewhere, so my prayer is that this list will trigger some red flags as we discuss most of these in detail.

Terms Associated with Emergence Christianity and Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticsm:

• Soaking Prayer
• Noomas
• Celebration of Discipline
• Sacred Space
• Interspirituality
• Spiritual Direction
• Spiritual Formation
• Spiritual Disciplines
• Deconstruction
• Journey
• Missional
• Relevance
• Prayer Stations
• Contemplative Prayer (Centering Prayer)
• Lectio Divina
• Labyrinths
• Taize
• Stations of the Cross
• Ancient Wisdom
• Universalism
• Creative Visualization
• Ecstasy
• The Message
• Mantra
• Meditation
• Self-realization
• Pantheism
• Panentheism
• False Self
• Divination
• Cosmic Christ
• Christ Consciousness
• Guru
• Higher Self
• The Jesus Prayer
• Sacred Way
• Drumming
• Yoga
• Reiki
• Chakras
• Inner Light
• God within
• Experience God
• Breath Prayers
• The Silence
• Eucharist

Names and Leaders Associated with Emergence Christianity and Contemplative Spirituality and Mysticism:

• Richard Foster 
• Brother Lawrence
• Thomas Aquinas
• Youth Specialities
• Eugene Peterson
• Willow Creek Association
• Leonard Sweet
• Rick Warren
• Rob Bell
• Oprah Winfrey
• Tony Jones
• Andy Stanley
• Shane Claiborne
• Tony Campola
• John Ortberg
• Rick Warren
• Beth Moore
• Henri Nowen
• St. Francis of Assisi
• Donald Miller
• Bill Hybels
• Teresa of Avila
• Dallas Willard
• Erwin McManus
• Brian McLaren
• Thomas Keating
• Marcus Borg
• Doug Pagitt
• Ken Blanchard
• Deepak Chopra
• Dan Kimball
• Leadership Network
• Brennan Manning
• Thomas Merton
• Desert Fathers
• Alice Bailey
• The Cloud of Unknowing