Doing Local Theology

Doing Local Theology
Author: Clemens Sedmak
Publisher: Faith and Cultures Series
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781570754524

Doing Local Theology presents the construction of "local theologies" as an enterprise that's not just for specialists. This exciting and practical book promises to become a standard in courses on theological method and foundations of ministry. Book jacket.

Local Theology for the Global Church

Local Theology for the Global Church
Author: Matthew Cook
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0878089462

As the church in the global south continues to grow at a rapid pace, the question of how to develop local theologies becomes more and more urgent. This book charts a path forward through exegetical, theological and cultural analysis by scholars who are wrestling with the issues in their own situations around the globe. The contents were developed under the auspices of the World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission at the Oxford contextualization consultation. This book was published in partnership with the World Evangelical Alliance.

Doing Contextual Theology

Doing Contextual Theology
Author: Angie Pears
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2009-09-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134115679

Christian theology, like all forms of knowledge, thinking and practice, arises from and is influenced by the context in which it is done. In Doing Contextual Theology, Angie Pears demonstrates the radically contextual nature of Christian theology by focusing on five forms of liberation theology: Latin American Liberation Theologies; Black Theologies; Feminist Informed Theologies; Sexual Theologies; Body Theologies. Pears analyses how each of these asserts a clear and persistent link to the Christian tradition through The Bible and Christology and discusses the implications of contextual and local theologies for understanding Christianity as a religion. Moreover, she considers whether fears are justified that a radically contextual reading of Christian theologies leads to a relativist understanding of the religion, or whether these theologies share some form of common identity both despite and because of their contextual nature. Doing Contextual Theology offers students a clear and up-to-date survey of the field of contemporary liberation theology and provides them with a sound understanding of how contextual theology works in practice.

Lived Theology

Lived Theology
Author: Charles Marsh
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0190630728

The lived theology movement is built on the work of an emerging generation of theologians and scholars who pursue research, teaching, and writing as a form of public discipleship, motivated by the conviction that theology can enhance lived experience. This volume--based on a two-year collaboration with the Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia--offers a series of illustrations and styles of lived theology, in conversation with other major approaches to the religious interpretation of embodied life.

What is Constructive Theology?

What is Constructive Theology?
Author: Marion Grau
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2020-10-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567695182

This essential introduction to contemporary constructive theology charts the most important disciplinary trends of the moment. It gives a historical overview of the field and discusses key hermeneutical and methodological concerns. The contributors apply a constructive perspective to a wide range of approaches, ranging from biblical hermeneutics and postcolonial studies to comparative, political, and black theology. What is Constructive Theology? shows how diverse and interdisciplinary constructive theology can be by exploring key themes in the field. The contributors explore the porous boundaries between Christianity and other religions, reflect on contextual, liberation and constructive theologies from Africa and from Black British perspectives, explore the connection between embodiment, epistemology and hermeneutics, and take a constructive approach to the dangerous memories and theologies of colonial histories in Belgium and Native Americans in the United States. This sampler of the field will help you rethink theologies and find constructive alternatives.

The Word Became Culture

The Word Became Culture
Author: Miguel H. Díaz
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2023-11-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 153150583X

Exploring Latin@ theologies and the power of revelation. The Word Became Culture enacts a preferential option for culture, retrieving experiences and expressions from across latinidad as sources of theologizing and acts of resistance to marginalization. Each author in this edited volume demonstrates the many ways in which Latin@ theologies are disruptive, generative, and creative spaces rooted in the richness, struggles, texts, and rituals found at the intersections of faith and culture. With a foreword by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, this book situates Latin@ theologies in the ongoing search for and recognition of the “Word becoming” within the particularities of diverse cultural experiences.

Evangelism through the Local Church

Evangelism through the Local Church
Author: Michael Green
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 712
Release: 2023-09-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467465631

A comprehensive guide to practical evangelism: its biblical basis, theological backbone, and current practice Michael Green draws from a lifetime’s experience in this seminal work on the theory and practice of evangelism. Green shows how the good news of Christ is communicated most effectively through the local church. This comprehensive resource includes a primer on Christian apologetics and concrete suggestions for congregations and individuals sharing the gospel. Green challenges the hang-ups which so often accompany the very mention of evangelism. His classic work will continue to inspire new generations of evangelists.

Let's Do Theology

Let's Do Theology
Author: Laurie Green
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2010-01-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0826425518

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Local Theology for the Global Church

Local Theology for the Global Church
Author: Matthew Cook
Publisher: William Carey Library Publishers
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010
Genre: Christianity and culture
ISBN: 9780878081110

As the church in the global south continues to grow at a rapid pace, the question of how to develop local theologies becomes more and more urgent. This book charts a path forward through exegetical, theological and cultural analysis by scholars who are wrestling with the issues in their own situations around the globe. The contents were developed under the auspices of the World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission at the Oxford contextualization consultation.