Description
Book SynopsisChristianity Today 2024 Award of Merit (Missions/Global Church) Christian theologians and students are aware that evangelicals in the Majority World now outnumber those in North America and Europe, and many want to know more about emerging voices in the global church. At the same time, these voices are largely absent from Western evangelical theology. Stephen Pardue seeks to bridge this divide by arguing, biblically and theologically, that it is imperative for Western evangelical theology to engage with the global church, and he provides examples of how this can be done. Case studies throughout the book illustrate opportunities for fruitful engagement with non-Western theology in various areas of Christian doctrine. Readers will be given an introduction to the riches available within the worldwide body of Christ and learn how to engage productively with the global church.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. On God and Gravity: Evangelical Objections to Contextual Theology
2. A Word Very Near: Contextual Theology and Christian Scripture
Case Study: Liberation Theology and Integral Mission in Latin America
3. The Wealth of the Nations Shall Come to You: How Culture Matters for Theology
Case Study: Theology, Culture, and Chinese Christians
4. A Great Multitude from Every Tribe and Tongue: Grounding Contextual Theology in the Doctrine of the Church
Case Study: Ecclesiology and Contextual Theology in Asia
5. The Children of God Scattered Abroad: Contextual Theology in the Fellowship of the Worldwide Church
Case Study: Christology in Latin American and Global Perspective
6. A Great Cloud of Witnesses: Contextual Theology in the Fellowship of the Saints
Case Study: African Theology and Second-Century Christians
Conclusion
Index
