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OK so just to get this out of the way up front: yes we all know protestant theology is by-and-large heretical or heterodox, I'm not advocating or inquiring about incorporating it into catechism. Rather, I'm curious if there are things out there that, with the proper vetting, could be repurposed for Catholic use. For example, the Anglican liturgy was vetted to be certain it wasn't contradicting the faith and then it was incorporated for the Church's use.
By that same token, I've had in knocking around in the back of my mind for a couple years now the question of whether Rob Bell's Everything Is Spiritual video (2006) wouldn't be a great lecture for an RCIA class. Not necessarily the video itself, but the actual lecture he gives therein. If it were thoroughly analyzed and anything potentially problematic was removed. He's a controversial figure, and has been for a long time. I credit him with starting me on the journey that lead me to Rome, but I wouldn't necessarily point anybody to him anymore, especially anything he's done since 2011 or so.
That said, from the methodology to the content itself it's a very captivating talk, and he weaves in an out from a macro cosmic scale to a micro subatomic scale and back and forth and ultimately ends up with this picture of how the cosmos points to God, that it's not random or accidental, and neither are we. It seemed at the very least that it would be a great introductory lecture for either inquirers or someone just beginning formal catechesis.
I know that when I was going through RCIA and when I've read similar content since then, I think his talk actually lined up very well with the Church and didn't offer anything controversial or heterodox.
Has anyone in here ever seen that video before? Note that apparently he updated it sometime in the last 5-6 years, which I would wager is possibly far less orthodox than the original since he kind of went off the rails of orthodoxy around 2011 or 2012. But up until then I thought he was pretty good for a protestant, and the video in question that I'm talking about is the original Everything is Spiritual which was filmed in 2006—you can still find it on Vimeo and sometimes YouTube, like here.
What do you think? Can you see something like that being commandeered for an engaging catechism class or is it too risky to tamper with? I've only been thinking about it because for all his faults, Bell has mastered speaking—specifically the concept of "speak to people is if they have high intelligence but small vocabularies", then you don't lose your audience.
This has all been on my mind practically since I was confirmed when my RCIA coordinator suggested that they wanted me to eventually join the team at some point. Obviously that's not possible now but if I ever did become a catechist somewhere, and this material was cleared as orthodox, I would like to incorporate it into a lecture if I could.
By that same token, I've had in knocking around in the back of my mind for a couple years now the question of whether Rob Bell's Everything Is Spiritual video (2006) wouldn't be a great lecture for an RCIA class. Not necessarily the video itself, but the actual lecture he gives therein. If it were thoroughly analyzed and anything potentially problematic was removed. He's a controversial figure, and has been for a long time. I credit him with starting me on the journey that lead me to Rome, but I wouldn't necessarily point anybody to him anymore, especially anything he's done since 2011 or so.
That said, from the methodology to the content itself it's a very captivating talk, and he weaves in an out from a macro cosmic scale to a micro subatomic scale and back and forth and ultimately ends up with this picture of how the cosmos points to God, that it's not random or accidental, and neither are we. It seemed at the very least that it would be a great introductory lecture for either inquirers or someone just beginning formal catechesis.
I know that when I was going through RCIA and when I've read similar content since then, I think his talk actually lined up very well with the Church and didn't offer anything controversial or heterodox.
Has anyone in here ever seen that video before? Note that apparently he updated it sometime in the last 5-6 years, which I would wager is possibly far less orthodox than the original since he kind of went off the rails of orthodoxy around 2011 or 2012. But up until then I thought he was pretty good for a protestant, and the video in question that I'm talking about is the original Everything is Spiritual which was filmed in 2006—you can still find it on Vimeo and sometimes YouTube, like here.
What do you think? Can you see something like that being commandeered for an engaging catechism class or is it too risky to tamper with? I've only been thinking about it because for all his faults, Bell has mastered speaking—specifically the concept of "speak to people is if they have high intelligence but small vocabularies", then you don't lose your audience.
This has all been on my mind practically since I was confirmed when my RCIA coordinator suggested that they wanted me to eventually join the team at some point. Obviously that's not possible now but if I ever did become a catechist somewhere, and this material was cleared as orthodox, I would like to incorporate it into a lecture if I could.
