Theology in the Context of World Christianity

How the Global Church Is Influencing the Way We Think About and Discuss Theology

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Theology in the Context of World Christianity

How the Global Church Is Influencing the Way We Think About and Discuss Theology

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It is no secret that the center of Christianity has shifted from the West to the global South and East. As the gospel penetrates new cultures and new situations, it must answer new questions and be restated in new ways. While the truths of the Christian faith are timeless and universal, new contexts bring new understandings. What does all this mean for the discipline of theology? The underlying assumption of many is the normativity of Western theological formulation. Is this still a valid premise? Or is the Christian faith not only culturally translatable, but also theologically translatable? Timothy Tennent answers this question with a resounding yes. Theological reflection is alive and well in the Majority World church and needs to be heard, considered, and brought into conversation with Western theologians -- and not just among missionaries and missiologists. Tennent examines traditional theological categories in conversation with theologians from across the globe, making this volume valuable for students, pastors, missionaries, and theologians. - Back cover.

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Zondervan
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English
Pages
295

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Table of Contents

Foreword / Tite Tiénou
Foreword / Andrew F. Walls
Preface
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
Glossary

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Grand Rapids, MI

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Library of Congress
BR118 .T44 2007, BR118.T44 2007

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xxi, 295 p.
Number of pages
295
Dimensions
9.3 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL10360413M
Internet Archive
theologyincontex0000tenn
ISBN 10
0310275113
ISBN 13
9780310275114
LCCN
2007014651
OCLC/WorldCat
123119792
Library Thing
4468599
Goodreads
1245414

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