Minikon

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1 What is Minikon?

What is Minikon?

Formerly, minikon met on the Sundays when no main Ikon service was happening. Now this smaller, more intimate gathering offers 'courses' as frameworks for the discussion of topics that interest the community. It is an informal, safe space where we meet, share, and explore the themes of Ikon services in greater depth.

For details of the next Minikon, watch this page or subscribe to the Ikon-Announce mailing list.

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What Would Jesus Deconstruct? Book Study

On the 7th February we will be offering a six week study on the book What Would Jesus Deconstruct by the critically acclaimed author John Caputo. This is a deep and penetrating work exploring the future of faith and includes a sustained reflection on the work of ikon in Belfast.

The places for this book study are limited. However if you would be willing and able to commit to this course (which will run on a Thursday evening from 20:00) please email us here for more details

Comments about the book,

"Caputo brilliantly manages to bring thought to life and life to thought. He wears his learning and scholarship so lightly that one has the impression of returning to a flesh-and-blood world where Jesus deconstructs and reconstructs our lives. Challenging, compassionate, witty, and wise. This book is compulsory reading for anyone concerned about the future of Christianity." Richard Kearney, Charles Seelig Professor in Philosophy, Boston College

"Let this book settle the debate once and for all: postmodern philosophy does not preclude true Christian faith. In fact, taken rightly, postmodernism leads not to nihilistic relativism but to a robust faith in the Savior, who himself was bent on deconstruction. Caputo is a sheep in wolf's clothing." Tony Jones, national coordinator of Emergent Village, author of The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier

"This is a marvelous little book. It enables readers to understand deconstruction as the hermeneutics of the kingdom of God and provides a glimpse of what this concept might look like in the hands of Jesus as applied to the church. This will be difficult therapy, and many of us will be inclined to resist. However, let us remember that while discipline is painful in the moment, it produces a harvest of peace and righteousness in the long run. May the church learn from the wisdom found in these pages." John R. Franke, professor of theology, Biblical Seminary

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The Omega Course

Exit Christianity (or at least your current understanding of it). The course is now six weeks long (down from twelve) and is designed to invite participants to move beyond their current understanding of Christianity through a lively yet serious interrogation of faith. What we leave behind in the aftermath of this course is anyones guess and it may well turn out to be more than we expect or even desire, so please consider carefully whether this course is right for you.

More details at The Omega Course.

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