Foundation for Contextualized Personhood

Foundation for Contextualized Personhood "...to serve God without fear in holiness and righteousness for as long as we live." https://youtu.be/m7bSYG0qL3Y

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The mission of the Foundation for Contextualized Personhood is to celebrate and protect human freedom, and even the possibility of sustainable human life, by drawing attention to the difference between correct and incorrect conceptions of human personhood itself and of the person of God (w

ho is the greatest influence upon human life), believing these to be the crux of much that is urgently at stake in the contemporary world. With respect to the person of God, we especially decry agenda-driven misrepresentations of God's person like the contemporary "health and wealth" message (which reduces God to a provider of material benefits) or classical "perfect being theology" and similar doctrinal oversimplifications (which tend toward reducing God to an aloof dispenser of immaterial rewards or punishments) and recommend instead a history-based understanding of God's irreducibly majestic personality drawn from the context of the Biblical record. With respect to human personhood, we especially decry the worshipping of human embodiedness (such as that championed by Anton LaVey, exemplified in COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE, etc.) and the opposite extreme of rebellion against the human condition of embodiedness (such as that celebrated by the Singularity University or those Jaron Lanier calls "cybernetic totalist intellectuals"), and we recommend instead realistic, historically normal lifestyles of submission to how God made us (contextualized in/by bodies, families, and places). We are especially interested in sustainable local agriculture and healthy nutrition as methods to make possible righteous and peaceful living. In addition to applying our convictions about personhood as outlined above, we also seek to further unpack this concept of "personhood" as a concept and push it to the forefront of discussion as a philosophically potent bridge connecting fields of thought/culture ( https://youtu.be/gIBrY_hQAI4?t=69 ) that might otherwise seem distant from each other (theology, health fields, artificial intelligence research, farming, survivalism, etc.). We seek to start a cultural movement among thinking, Bible-reading Christians and compatible practitioners in above-mentioned fields who will have this common language of personhood as a rallying point and can use it to make wise decisions for themselves, their families, their public policies, and their other community-initiatives, before it is too late. https://youtu.be/cBFkXZGZuqs

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THIS WAS LAST REVISED/UPDATED BY JONATHAN DEGENFELDER ON 27 MAY 2016. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A REVISION, TO ASK QUESTIONS, OR TO JOIN US, YOU ARE INVITED TO CONTACT US.

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🎬🎬 Amazing Grace (2006), directed by Michael Apted – This historical drama traces the tireless fight of William Wilberforce, played with quiet conviction by Ioan Gruffudd, as he campaigns to abolish the British slave trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The film blends political intrigue with moral urgency, showing how one man’s faith and determination helped reshape the conscience of a nation.

What makes Amazing Grace powerful is its refusal to turn Wilberforce into a one-dimensional saint. Gruffudd plays him as passionate yet burdened, torn between a longing for a peaceful life and a calling too immense to ignore. His allies, including Benedict Cumberbatch as William Pitt the Younger and Rufus Sewell as Thomas Clarkson, provide a sense of camaraderie, while Albert Finney’s fiery performance as John Newton—the former slave trader turned preacher who penned the hymn “Amazing Grace”—serves as the story’s moral anchor.

The film’s strength lies in its portrayal of political struggle. Rather than romanticizing history, it shows the grinding persistence required to pass reform in the face of entrenched wealth and power. Every speech in Parliament, every setback, and every small victory underscores the courage needed to keep pushing against a system built on cruelty.

Visually, Apted captures both the grandeur of Parliament and the intimacy of Wilberforce’s personal life, contrasting the cold halls of power with the warmth of his eventual marriage, which gives him renewed strength. The hymn itself becomes a motif of redemption, reminding us that change often comes from those willing to endure years of defeat before triumph finally arrives.

Earnest, stirring, and deeply human, Amazing Grace is both a historical portrait and an enduring call for justice.

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https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A67--79&version=NLT%3BKJV https://youtu.be/m7bSYG0qL3Y The mission of the Foundation for Contextualized Personhood is to celebrate and protect human freedom, and even the possibility of sustainable human life, by drawing attention to the difference between correct and incorrect conceptions of human personhood itself and of the person of God (who is the greatest influence upon human life), believing these to be the crux of much that is urgently at stake in the contemporary world. With respect to the person of God, we especially decry agenda-driven misrepresentations of God's person like the contemporary "health and wealth" message (which reduces God to a provider of material benefits) or classical "perfect being theology" and similar doctrinal oversimplifications (which tend toward reducing God to an aloof dispenser of immaterial rewards or punishments) and recommend instead a history-based understanding of God's irreducibly majestic personality drawn from the context of the Biblical record. With respect to human personhood, we especially decry the worshipping of human embodiedness (such as that championed by Anton LaVey, exemplified in COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE, etc.) and the opposite extreme of rebellion against the human condition of embodiedness (such as that celebrated by the Singularity University or those Jaron Lanier calls "cybernetic totalist intellectuals"), and we recommend instead realistic, historically normal lifestyles of submission to how God made us (contextualized in/by bodies, families, and places). We are especially interested in sustainable local agriculture and healthy nutrition as methods to make possible righteous and peaceful living. In addition to applying our convictions about personhood as outlined above, we also seek to further unpack this concept of "personhood" as a concept and push it to the forefront of discussion as a philosophically potent bridge connecting fields of thought/culture ( https://youtu.be/gIBrY_hQAI4?t=69 ) that might otherwise seem distant from each other (theology, health fields, artificial intelligence research, farming, survivalism, etc.). We seek to start a cultural movement among thinking, Bible-reading Christians and compatible practitioners in above-mentioned fields who will have this common language of personhood as a rallying point and can use it to make wise decisions for themselves, their families, their public policies, and their other community-initiatives, before it is too late. https://youtu.be/cBFkXZGZuqs http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/12-32.htm THIS WAS LAST REVISED/UPDATED BY JONATHAN DEGENFELDER ON 27 MAY 2016. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A REVISION, TO ASK QUESTIONS, OR TO JOIN US, YOU ARE INVITED TO CONTACT US.