There’s been a bit of discussion around the absence of an ecclesiology in Berry’s writing. It seems that the Church is often depicted as something negative. Pastors, especially those “professionals” who move from church to church, get the same treatment. What are we to make of this?
First, I don’t think Berry’s biggest issue is with Christianity or the Church in general terms, but with a gnostic theology that has crept into the church – a theology that has disembodied and displaced its adherents. The problem, first and foremost, is any church which has an ‘otherworldly’ focus and causes men and women to abscond from their responsibilities to this good earth.