Appropriate Christianity consists of 28 chapters by 18 authors approaching contextualization in three dimensions: truth, allegiance and spiritual power. Over the years, there have been quite a number of helpful discussions of the contextualization of theological truth. Though we have been helped greatly by them, it is high time we began to deal also with allegiance and spiritual power, two additional dimensions that Jesus considered of great importance. Any adequate and appropriate treatment of the contextualization of biblical Christianity needs to deal with all three of these “crucial dimensions.” For allegiance to Christ is the basis for all we do that makes us Christian, and Jesus was very much into spiritual power. If we are to be truly biblical, we must deal also with these areas.
This book is not a festschrift even though it is dedicated to Dr. Dean S. Gilliland, who joined the faculty of Fuller’s School of Intercultural Studies in 1977 and has since been developing an emphasis on teaching and research concerning contextualized theology. This is a new textbook aimed at expanding our understanding of contextualization and better enabling us to effectively and appropriately communicate biblical Christianity.
Tabella dei contenuti
Contents
Dedication
Introduction
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Part I Introduction
1. Why Appropriate?
2. The Development of Contextualization Theory in Euro American Missiology
3. The Missionary Encounter with Culture Since the Seventeenth Century
4. The Function of Appropriate Contextualization In Mission
5. Why Isn’t Contextualization Implemented?
Part II Appropriate Christianity
6. Is Christianity a Religion or Faith?
7. Contextualization in Three Crucial Dimensions
8. From Systematic and Biblical to Missional Theology
9. The Hebraic Covenant As a Model for Contextualization
10. Meaning Equivalence Contextualization
11. Dynamic of Contextualization
12. Five Perspectives of Contextually Appropriate Missional Theology
13. Toward a Contextually Appropriate Methodology in Mission Theology
14. Appropriate Hermeneutics
15. Contextualization and Time: Generational Appropriateness
16. Power-Giving Leadership: Transformation for a Missional Church
Part III Proactive Missiology: The Challenge
17. How Appropriate is in the Church Growth Paradigm in Today’s Mission Contexts?
18. Variations on a Theme of Appropriate Contextualization: Music Lessons from Africa
19. Appropriate Relationships
20. Contextualizing the Relationship Dimension of the Christian Life
21. Spiritual Power: A Missiological Issue
22. Appropriate Contextualization of Spiritual Power
23. Appropriate Approaches in Muslim Contexts
24. A Typology of Approaches to Thai Folk Buddhists
25. Renewal, Revival, and Contextualization
26. Appropriate Witness to Postmodern: Re-Incarnating the Way of Jesus In 21st Century Western Culture
27. Reciprocal Contextualization
Part IV Final Word
28. The Incarnation as Matrix for Appropriate Theologies by Dean S. Gilliland
Vita of Dean S. Gilliland
Bibliography of Dean S. Gilliland
List of Students of Dean S. Gilliland
References List
Scripture Index
Author Index
General Index
Circa l’autore
Charles H. Kraft is Professor of Anthropology and Intercultural Communication in the School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary. He has taught contextualization since 1969 and addressed the subject in Christianity in Culture (revised ed. 2005) and several of his other books. He holds degrees from Wheaton College (B.A. Anthropology), Ashland Theological Seminary (B.D. Theology), and Hartford Seminary Foundation (Ph.D. Anthropological Linguistics). He served as a pioneer missionary among a tribal group (Kamwe) in northeastern Nigeria.
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