Contextualizing the faith :
Moreau, A. Scott, 1955-
Contextualizing the faith : a holistic approach / A. Scott Moreau. - Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, c2018 - xv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
Setting the stage : what is contextualization? -- The social dimension : introduction, association, and kinship -- The social dimension as exchange : economics -- The social dimension as learning : education -- The social dimension as organizational : politics -- The mythic dimension -- The ethical dimension -- The artistic and technological dimension -- The ritual dimension -- The experience dimension : the supernatural -- The doctrinal dimension -- The future of contextualization.
This major statement by a leading missiologist represents a lifetime of wrestling with a topic every cross-cultural leader must address: how to adapt the universal gospel to particular settings. This comprehensive yet accessible textbook organizes contextualization, which includes "everything the church is and does," into seven dimensions. Filled with examples, case studies, and diagrams and conversant with contemporary arguments and debates, it offers the author's unique take on the challenge of adapting the faith in local cultures. -- !c From publisher's description.
9781540960009 1540960005
2018003791
Christianity and culture.
Missions.
BR115.C8 / M66 2018
261
Contextualizing the faith : a holistic approach / A. Scott Moreau. - Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, c2018 - xv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
Setting the stage : what is contextualization? -- The social dimension : introduction, association, and kinship -- The social dimension as exchange : economics -- The social dimension as learning : education -- The social dimension as organizational : politics -- The mythic dimension -- The ethical dimension -- The artistic and technological dimension -- The ritual dimension -- The experience dimension : the supernatural -- The doctrinal dimension -- The future of contextualization.
This major statement by a leading missiologist represents a lifetime of wrestling with a topic every cross-cultural leader must address: how to adapt the universal gospel to particular settings. This comprehensive yet accessible textbook organizes contextualization, which includes "everything the church is and does," into seven dimensions. Filled with examples, case studies, and diagrams and conversant with contemporary arguments and debates, it offers the author's unique take on the challenge of adapting the faith in local cultures. -- !c From publisher's description.
9781540960009 1540960005
2018003791
Christianity and culture.
Missions.
BR115.C8 / M66 2018
261