Written by Mark Van Steenwyk : February 16, 2006
One of a growing number of made up words from Chris:
E-mer-gent-si-a 1. an elite group enjoying superior intellectual and
theological status in the emerging church movement. 2. a class among
the emerging church population claiming intellectual dominion over
particular aspects of the movement.
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Before any of the Emergentsia’s ire is raised against me (just as intellegentsia normally react when labeled such), I must point out that the first lexical definition of Emergentsia can be quite benign and even taken as a compliment if conceived of properly.
Totally…you are actually paying a COMPLIMENT to the “emergentsia.”
Wait…am I among the “emergentsia?”
*sound of crickets chirping*
Um…no?