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Contextual theology for the twenty-first century /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bevans, Stephen B., 1944-, Tahaafe-Williams, Katalina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke, 2012, ©2011.
Colección:Missional church, public theology, world Christianity ; 1
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontcover
  • Title page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Contextual Theology and the Twenty-First-Century Church
  • 1. What Has Contextual Theology to Offer the Church of the Twenty-First Century?
  • Introduction
  • What is the church of the Twenty-First Century?
  • A Church of Great Diversity
  • A World Church
  • For Many Churches, a Minority Church
  • For the Churches of the One-Third World, a Multicultural Church in a Multireligious Population
  • A Young Church
  • A Persecuted Church
  • A Poor Church
  • What is contextual theology?
  • What has contextual theology to offer the church ofthe Twenty-First Century?
  • A New Agenda
  • A New Method
  • New Voices
  • A New Dialogue
  • Conclusion
  • 2. The Centrality of Contextual Theology forChristian Existence Today
  • Introduction
  • Indigenous Belief and Praxis
  • Contextual theology in word and praxis
  • Interweaving, transfiguration, and double-wrestle
  • 3. The Cons of Contextuality ... Kontextuality
  • Fakatapu
  • Damned if I do, and damned if I don't
  • Relocating the Hyphen
  • Cons of contextuality, identified
  • Locating kontextuality
  • Part 2. Theology in Particular Contexts
  • 4. The Necessity of a Second Peoples' Theology in Australia
  • The theological question
  • Context and contextual theology
  • Theological method
  • The crucial, shaping issues in Australia
  • More details and present reality
  • The church and its theology
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: the present reality
  • 5. Context, Controversy, and Contradiction in Contemporary Theological Education
  • Story number one: the need to know the tradition
  • Story number two: cultural ambiguities
  • 6. A Future for Latin American Liberation Theology?
  • By way of introduction
  • Which way liberation theology?
  • What lies ahead?
  • Part 3. Contextual Theology and the Mission of the Church.
  • 7. A Theology of Mission for the Church ofthe Twenty-First Century
  • Introduction
  • Mission in the twenty-first century
  • Mission as prophetic dialogue
  • Mission as Dialogue
  • Prophecy
  • Prophetic Dialogue
  • Prophetic dialogue and contextual theology
  • Conclusion
  • 8. Mission as an Invitation to the Feast of Life
  • Introduction
  • Mission as invitation: a new foundation of mission
  • Mission as a celebration of a life in hope
  • Transformative spirituality in mission
  • From mountain to valley
  • Peace and reconciliation
  • Conclusion
  • Concluding Reflections
  • Bibliography
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Backcover.