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A challenging argument for a move away from Westernised models of Christendom, and for contextualising theological discourse in a diversity of cultures.
For centuries, the global understanding of Church has been shaped by Western theological imperatives. Yet today, the decline of institutional religion in the West, and the extraordinary growth of the Church of the global South mean that a radical movement beyond such theologies is required. Paul Matheny argues that the Church would benefit by becoming more contextualized and less Western. Contextual Theology is an attempt to address that issue and to examine how a reassessment of the relationship of the Gospel to cultural context can advance this critical and necessary development. Through an accessible and critical approach, Matheny considers the historical background to contextual theology. In the same way, he aims to show how to use contextual methods to think theologically and act missiologically in different cultural contexts.
For centuries, the global understanding of Church has been shaped by Western theological imperatives. Yet today, the decline of institutional religion in the West, and the extraordinary growth of the Church of the global South mean that a radical movement beyond such theologies is required. Paul Matheny argues that the Church would benefit by becoming more contextualized and less Western. Contextual Theology is an attempt to address that issue and to examine how a reassessment of the relationship of the Gospel to cultural context can advance this critical and necessary development. Through an accessible and critical approach, Matheny considers the historical background to contextual theology. In the same way, he aims to show how to use contextual methods to think theologically and act missiologically in different cultural contexts.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 146
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
26 July 2012
Trim Size: 9.02 X 5.98 in
ISBN: 9780227680124
Format: Paperback
...There is here a useful, updated reminder of what contextual theology is at its best...
— Paul Ballard
This book is a good resource for theologians, students of theology, church leaders and members who desire to render the theological enterprise a contextual one.
— Robert Afayori
— Paul Ballard
This book is a good resource for theologians, students of theology, church leaders and members who desire to render the theological enterprise a contextual one.
— Robert Afayori
Preface
Introduction
1 The Church Looks to the Future: The Encouragement of Contextual Methods in Theology?
2 Contextual Methods within the Theological Processes of Christian Churches
3 The Helpfulness of Theology in the Life of the Church
4 Contextual Theology Becomes an Issue
5 Sources and Processes: Contextual Theology and the Emergence of a Christian Community
6 Theology, Both Local and Ecumenical: Tradition and Authority within the Christian Community
Bibliography
Subject Index
Name Index
Introduction
1 The Church Looks to the Future: The Encouragement of Contextual Methods in Theology?
2 Contextual Methods within the Theological Processes of Christian Churches
3 The Helpfulness of Theology in the Life of the Church
4 Contextual Theology Becomes an Issue
5 Sources and Processes: Contextual Theology and the Emergence of a Christian Community
6 Theology, Both Local and Ecumenical: Tradition and Authority within the Christian Community
Bibliography
Subject Index
Name Index