Matt Kennedy+: Living into your true authentic self and being true to who you really are…
March 12, 2008

For...Bishop Robinson and many on that side of the theological spectrum Christianity is about being authentically human and that means being true to your true self. Salvation then is grasped by being "who you are" which I suppose means spending a good deal of time thinking about yourself and exploring yourself and uncovering hidden aspects of yourself, going on long journeys of self-discovery culminating in the final embrace of yourself. And, like Jesus, when you truly live into your true self-hood you can expect to be humiliated and crucified. That's exactly what is happening to Bishop Robinson. He is living with Christian "integrity" because he is being his authentic self and, like Jesus, he has been despised and rejected.

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