Essays In Contextual Theology
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| Author | : Steve Bevans |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 229 |
| Release | : 2018-06-12 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9004363084 |
Essays in Contextual Theology is a collection of essays that reflect on the doing of contextual theology from several perspectives. After a general introductory essay, subsequent essays reflect on topics such as contextual theology and prophetic dialogue, criteria for orthodoxy, the nature of tradition, the role of culture, the dynamics of conversion, and the way theology is being done in World Christianity. The collection closes with an autobiographical essay tracing the author’s journey to becoming a “global theologian.”
| Author | : Stephen B. Bevans |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2011-10-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1630879606 |
Scholars from the United States, Latin America, and Oceania reflect in this volume on the importance of contextual theology for our twenty-first century. Contextual theology offers fresh voices from every culture, and not just from the West. It calls for new ways of doing theology that embrace cultural values, but at the same time challenges them to the core. And it opens up new and fresh topics out of which and about which people can theologize. If the church is to be faithful to its mission, it needs to provide a feast at which all can be nourished.
| Author | : Stephen B. Bevans |
| Publisher | : Orbis Books |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1608330265 |
Stephen B Bevans's Models of Contextual Theology has become a staple in courses on theological method and as a handbook used by missioners and other Christians concerned with the Christian tradition's understanding of itself in relation to culture. First published in 1992 and now in its seventh printing in English, with translations underway into Spanish, Korean, and Indonesian, Bevans's book is a judicious examination of what the terms "contextual theology" and "to contextualize" mean. In the revised and expanded edition, Bevans adds a "counter-cultural" model to the five presented in the first edition -- the translation, the anthropological, the praxis, the synthetic, and the transcendental model. This means that readers will be introduced to the way in which figures such as Stanley Hauerwas, John Milbank, Lesslie Newbigin, "and (occasionally) Pope John Paul II" need to be taken into account. The author's revisions also incorporate suggestions made by reviewers to enhance the clarity of the original three chapters on the nature of contextual theology and the five models.
| Author | : Irvin, Dale T. |
| Publisher | : Orbis Books |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2018-12-20 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1608337650 |
"While the intent of the editors is to honor Steve Bevans, SVD, a towering figure in the field of missiology and a longtime author of Orbis books on missiology, this book will be designed less as a festschrift than as a textbook for classroom use. Designed around the three main foci of Bevans' theology (mission, contextual theologies, and dialogical theory), it will appeal to teachers of courses in Christian mission, theological method, contextual theologies, and contemporary Third World theologies. The contributors are a who's who of contemporary mission studies in a global context, including representatives from various Christian traditions and from throughout the global church"--
| Author | : Miguel A. De La Torre |
| Publisher | : Chalice Press |
| Total Pages | : 358 |
| Release | : 2004-11-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0827214634 |
The purpose of this handbook is to introduce the reader to Christian concepts from the perspective of U.S. marginalized communities. It explores the interrelationship between religion, community, and culture in the social context of different marginalized groups, specifically those rooted in the African American, Amerindian, Asian American, feminist, gay/lesbian, and Hispanic experiences, and their impact on the development of U.S. theologies of liberation. The handbook gives attention to the history, nature, sources, and development of these theologies and the theologians who contributed to their formation. Of particular interest is how Handbook of U.S. Theologies of Liberation clearly distinguishes both the differences and similarities between these U.S. theologies and their Latin American counterparts. The handbook is divided into two sections: Thematic Essays that provide a general overview of a specific theological theme from the perspectives of different marginalized groups; and Contextual Essays that focus on the specific contributions of scholars from various racial, ethnic, and gender backgrounds.
| Author | : Jeffrey P. Greenman |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2012-04-07 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0830869700 |
Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green edit this collection of essays from the proceedings of the 2011 Wheaton Theology Conference. The essays explore the past, present and future shape of biblical interpretation and theological engagement in the Majority World. Leading scholars from around the world interact with the key theological issues being discussed in their regions. In addition, some theological voices from minority communities in North America address issues particular to their context and which often overlap with those central in Majority World theology. Contributors include Vince Bacote, Samuel Escobar, Ken Gnanakan, James Kombo, Mark Labberton, Terry LeBlanc, Juan Martínez, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Lamin Sanneh, Andrew Walls, K. K. Yeo and Amos Yong.
| Author | : Stephen B. Bevans |
| Publisher | : Orbis Books |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1570759111 |
A collection of essays that demonstrates that to be effective in the twenty-first century, mission must be prophetic as it encounters other cultures and religious traditions. "When we speak as mission as dialogue, then, we are about as far away from imagining mission as 'conquering the world for Christ' and missionaries as 'marines of the Catholic Church' as we probably can get. There has indeed been a radical shift, both in the world in which the church does mission and within the church's own consciousness of the goodness and even holiness of that world." These words from one of the essays in this superb collection clearly demonstrate the changing of mission today. In this volume, Fathers Bevans and Schroeder address a primary challenge faced by Christians missioners today: How can they bring the Christian tradition to interact respectfully and effectively with members of other cultures and traditions from around the globe and still be prophetic?
| Author | : Mark J. Cartledge |
| Publisher | : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2010-11-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0334043514 |
A groundbreaking and trendsetting collection of essays introducing a new interdisciplinary area of theological studies. Usable as a key text for modules in intercultural theology, mission studies, Black Theology and Pentecostal Studies at upper undergraduate and M level.
| Author | : Gene L. Green |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 733 |
| Release | : 2020-12-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0830831819 |
More Christians live in the Majority World than in Europe and North America. Yet most theological literature does not reflect the rising tide of Christian reflection coming from these regions. Bringing together theological resources from past and present, East and West, this work engages conversations with leading global scholars on theology, faith, and mission for the enrichment of the entire church.
| 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.
