Theology in the context of world Christianity :

Tennent, Timothy C.

Theology in the context of world Christianity : how the global church is influencing the way we think about and discuss theology / Timothy C. Tennent. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2007. - xxi, 295 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The emergence of a global theological discourse -- Theology : is the father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? -- Bibliology : Hindu sacred texts in pre-Christian past -- Anthropology : human identity in shame-based cultures of the Far East -- Christology : Christ as healer and ancestor in Africa -- Soteriology : is "salvation by grace through faith" unique to Christianity? -- Pneumatology : the Holy Spirit in Latin American Pentecostalism -- Ecclesiology : followers of Jesus in Islamic mosques -- Eschatology : Jonathan Edwards and the Chinese back to Jerusalem movement -- The emerging contours of global theology.

9780310275114 (alk. paper) 0310275113 (alk. paper)

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Theology--Methodology.
Globalization--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BR118 / .T44 2007

230.09