What is God’s ‘Kin-dom’?

[Michie]

In some progressive circles of Christianity in the United States, the term "Kin-dom" has become increasingly used in recent decades as another name for "Kingdom," as in "God's Kin-dom" or "the Kin-dom of Jesus."

At the United Methodist Church General Conference held last year, for example, openly lesbian Bishop Karen Oliveto preached a sermon to delegates that referenced the phrase.

In an article published last month, Presbyterian News Service, the news outlet of the Presbyterian Church (USA), quoted a pastor who spoke of "standing on the kin-dom side of history."

But where does the term come from, and why was it created?

The first confirmed use of the term came from Catholic modernist theologian Ada Maria Isasi Diaz, a theological liberal who spoke of the concept in a 1996 book titled Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-first Century.

The phrase has gained popularity among those who seek what they believe is a less patriarchal or imperial description of the Kingdom of God.

Continued below.

What is God’s ‘Kin-dom’?

A look into the origins of the term Kin-dom and the dispute over its validity

www.christianpost.com

 

[Maria Billingsley]

In some progressive circles of Christianity in the United States, the term "Kin-dom" has become increasingly used in recent decades as another name for "Kingdom," as in "God's Kin-dom" or "the Kin-dom of Jesus."

At the United Methodist Church General Conference held last year, for example, openly lesbian Bishop Karen Oliveto preached a sermon to delegates that referenced the phrase.

In an article published last month, Presbyterian News Service, the news outlet of the Presbyterian Church (USA), quoted a pastor who spoke of "standing on the kin-dom side of history."

But where does the term come from, and why was it created?

The first confirmed use of the term came from Catholic modernist theologian Ada Maria Isasi Diaz, a theological liberal who spoke of the concept in a 1996 book titled Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-first Century.

The phrase has gained popularity among those who seek what they believe is a less patriarchal or imperial description of the Kingdom of God.

Continued below.

What is God’s ‘Kin-dom’?

A look into the origins of the term Kin-dom and the dispute over its validity

www.christianpost.com

Comment on the article:

First we must acknowledge that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is an unchangeable King with a Kingdom. Redefining the Kingdom of God as a flesh-driven need to change who the KING is amounts to a profound and egregious misunderstanding of who Jesus Christ of Nazareth is to His Flock.
If we fundamentally misunderstand the nature of our relationship with Him, how can we possibly begin to genuinely have one? He is not merely our kinsman; He is our King. He is not the created; He is our Creator. He most definitely has a Kingdom that is eternal and sovereign, and this reality simply cannot be denied.
Our primary calling is not to reshape the King to fit our desires, but to submit to the undeniable truth: He is the reigning Lord, and we are called to be His loyal subjects in the Kingdom that He alone defines.

 

[seeking.IAM]

Editorial comments:

1. I most commonly hear this in reciting the Lord's Prayer. I find it the height of arrogance to think one has standing to edit the Lord's prayer or improve upon it.
2. "Kin-dom" use is also often accompanied by avoidance of the use "He" in reference to God. Sometimes replaced with "She." I have heard "Kin-dom" explained as implying domination and the avoidance of male pronouns as being in deference to those who have been hurt by men.
3. When I have worshipped in those circles, I find the term "kin-dom" cringe-worthy.

 

[eleos1954]

In some progressive circles of Christianity in the United States, the term "Kin-dom" has become increasingly used in recent decades as another name for "Kingdom," as in "God's Kin-dom" or "the Kin-dom of Jesus."

At the United Methodist Church General Conference held last year, for example, openly lesbian Bishop Karen Oliveto preached a sermon to delegates that referenced the phrase.

In an article published last month, Presbyterian News Service, the news outlet of the Presbyterian Church (USA), quoted a pastor who spoke of "standing on the kin-dom side of history."

But where does the term come from, and why was it created?

The first confirmed use of the term came from Catholic modernist theologian Ada Maria Isasi Diaz, a theological liberal who spoke of the concept in a 1996 book titled Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-first Century.

The phrase has gained popularity among those who seek what they believe is a less patriarchal or imperial description of the Kingdom of God.

Continued below.

What is God’s ‘Kin-dom’?

A look into the origins of the term Kin-dom and the dispute over its validity

www.christianpost.com

The kingdom is not a physical place, building, or a mere organization, but a condition of being where God's authority is acknowledged and obeyed. It is characterized by righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

 

[BNR32FAN]

In some progressive circles of Christianity in the United States, the term "Kin-dom" has become increasingly used in recent decades as another name for "Kingdom," as in "God's Kin-dom" or "the Kin-dom of Jesus."

At the United Methodist Church General Conference held last year, for example, openly lesbian Bishop Karen Oliveto preached a sermon to delegates that referenced the phrase.

In an article published last month, Presbyterian News Service, the news outlet of the Presbyterian Church (USA), quoted a pastor who spoke of "standing on the kin-dom side of history."

But where does the term come from, and why was it created?

The first confirmed use of the term came from Catholic modernist theologian Ada Maria Isasi Diaz, a theological liberal who spoke of the concept in a 1996 book titled Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-first Century.

The phrase has gained popularity among those who seek what they believe is a less patriarchal or imperial description of the Kingdom of God.

Continued below.

What is God’s ‘Kin-dom’?

A look into the origins of the term Kin-dom and the dispute over its validity

www.christianpost.com

I don’t know where it came from but I don’t like it. I think it undermines the concept of God’s reign. My brother and I share a kinship but neither of us has rule over the other. The same can’t be said about God.

 

[The Liturgist]

Editorial comments:

1. I most commonly hear this in reciting the Lord's Prayer. I find it the height of arrogance to think one has standing to edit the Lord's prayer or improve upon it.
2. "Kin-dom" use is also often accompanied by avoidance of the use "He" in reference to God. Sometimes replaced with "She." I have heard "Kin-dom" explained as implying domination and the avoidance of male pronouns as being in deference to those who have been hurt by men.
3. When I have worshipped in those circles, I find the term "kin-dom" cringe-worthy.

You sir just demonstrated why I still have hope for and continue to love Episcopalianism, despite our current disagreements which need not be rehashed.

Many Episcopalians and members of the Anglican Communion seem deeply uncomfortable with this sort of departure from core doctrinal definitions. Combine this with the High Church and Anglo Catholic sense of liturgical taste and interest in both ancient Eastern and Western liturgical reforms and we still have enough for a beautiful friendship.

 

[The Liturgist]

In some progressive circles of Christianity in the United States, the term "Kin-dom" has become increasingly used in recent decades as another name for "Kingdom," as in "God's Kin-dom" or "the Kin-dom of Jesus."

At the United Methodist Church General Conference held last year, for example, openly lesbian Bishop Karen Oliveto preached a sermon to delegates that referenced the phrase.

In an article published last month, Presbyterian News Service, the news outlet of the Presbyterian Church (USA), quoted a pastor who spoke of "standing on the kin-dom side of history."

But where does the term come from, and why was it created?

The first confirmed use of the term came from Catholic modernist theologian Ada Maria Isasi Diaz, a theological liberal who spoke of the concept in a 1996 book titled Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-first Century.

The phrase has gained popularity among those who seek what they believe is a less patriarchal or imperial description of the Kingdom of God.

Continued below.

What is God’s ‘Kin-dom’?

A look into the origins of the term Kin-dom and the dispute over its validity

www.christianpost.com

Ugh that’s dreadful and vile. No other word for it seems to come in mind. My only criticism of the contemporary RCC is its failure to, in all instances, censure or repudiate modernists after the fashion of Pope St. Pius X, although back in the day Pope Benedict XVI, memory eternal, and his successor at the CDF, sadly sidelined these days, Gerhard Cardinal Muller, did intervene skillfully on several occasions.

 

[The Liturgist]

The kingdom is not a physical place, building, or a mere organization, but a condition of being where God's authority is acknowledged and obeyed. It is characterized by righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

The Kingdom is not really the subject of this thread though, but the unbiblical “kin-dom”, an idea potentially heretical since God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, three uncreated coequal and coeternal persons sharing the uncreated essence of the Father, ever one God, has no equals; there is no one like God, and His ways are inscrutable.

That said God does have a human mother and human relatives thanks to the the Incarnation, for God the person of the Only begotten Son and Word did take on our human nature by being born of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Theotokos, and thus became consubstantial with us, as reflected in His name Emanuel.

Thus in rejecting the idea of the kin-dom we are rejecting the rejection of the Kingdom and of equality with God and not the idea of biological and consubstantial kinship with God, and also of tampering with the Lord’s Prayer, the Our Father.

 

[seeking.IAM]

Many Episcopalians and members of the Anglican Communion seem deeply uncomfortable with this sort of departure from core doctrinal definitions.

Thank you for your kind words. Just for the record because The Episcopal Church is so frequently maligned, my editorial comments in post #3 were not observations made about The Episcopal Church. Rather they come from my work with an unnamed progressive denomination of which I was not an adherent nor a member.

 

[The Liturgist]

Thank you for your kind words. Just for the record because The Episcopal Church is so frequently maligned, my editorial comments in post #3 were not observations made about The Episcopal Church. Rather they come from my work with an unnamed progressive denomination of which I was not an adherent nor a member.

Indeed, I figured as much. And we both have the privilege of being members of much-maligned denominations, particularly since many of the oldest OCA parishes are known as Russian Orthodox. Indeed your denomination was always maligned by others as was ours; before it was Russophobia it was the accusation of idolatry and ethnocentricity. And before that, in the 18th century, St. Peter the Aleut was martyred because we were accused of schism and heresy.

St. Peter the Aleut, pray for us!