Majority World Theologies

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Theology to the Ends of the Earth and Back Again
As Christianity’s center of gravity has shifted to the Majority World, many younger churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are now coming of age. With this maturing comes the ability to theologize for themselves, not simply to mimic what they have been taught from the West. As theology is an attempt to articulate through human language, culture, and contexts the timeless truths of the eternal and transcendent God, Majority World churches have much to offer the West and the world, as they contribute to a greater understanding of God, discipleship, and mission.
Within this volume is an eclectic and fascinating sampling of theologizing from around the world, diverse not just in context but in content, dealing with everything from Christian education, to engaging Buddhists with the gospel, to engagement with Santería, to contextualizing native dance. As Christ’s message has gone to “the ends of the earth,” it has been received, but also incorporated, synthesized, and rebirthed in new and exciting ways that will benefit us all, wherever we live and serve.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Growth
• Christian Church

Informations

• Publié par: William Carey Publishing
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780878080908
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Other Books in the EMS Series
No. 1 Scripture and Strategy: The Use of the Bible in Postmodern Church and Mission , David Hesselgrave
No. 2 Christianity and the Religions: A Biblical Theology of World Religions , Edward Rommen and Harold Netland
No. 3 Spiritual Power and Missions: Raising the Issues , Edward Rommen
No. 4 Missiology and the Social Sciences: Contributions, Cautions, and the Conclusions , Edward Rommen and Gary Corwin
No. 5 The Holy Spirit and Mission Dynamics , Douglas McConnell
No. 6 Reaching the Resistant: Barriers and Bridges for Mission , Dudley Woodberry
No. 7 Teaching Them Obedience in All Things: Equipping for the 21st Century , Edgar Elliston
No. 8 Working Together With God to Shape the New Millennium: Opportunities and Limitations , Kenneth Mulholland and Gary Corwin
No. 9 Caring for the Harvest Force in the New Millennium , Tom Steffen and Douglas Pennoyer
No. 10 Between Past and Future: Evangelical Mission Entering the Twenty-first Century , Jonathan Bonk
No. 11 Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the Twenty-first Century , Enoch Wan
No. 12 The Centrality of Christ in Contemporary Missions , Mike Barnett and Michael Pocock
No. 13 Contextualization and Syncretism: Navigating Cultural Currents , Gailyn Van Rheenen
No. 14 Business as Mission: From Impoverished to Empowered , Tom Steffen and Mike Barnett
No. 15 Missions in Contexts of Violence , Keith Eitel
No. 16 Effective Engagement in Short-Term Missions: Doing it Right! , Robert J. Priest
No. 17 Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challenges, and Case Studies , Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock
No. 18 Serving Jesus with Integrity: Ethics and Accountability in Mission , Dwight P. Baker and Douglas Hayward
No. 19 Reflecting God s Glory Together: Diversity in Evangelical Mission , A. Scott Moreau and Beth Snodderly
No. 20 Reaching the City: Reflections on Urban Mission for the Twenty-first Century , Gary Fujino, Timothy R. Sisk, and Tereso C. Casino
No. 21 Missionary Methods: Research, Reflections, and Realities , Craig Ott and J. D. Payne
No. 22 The Missionary Family: Witness, Concerns, Care , Dwight P. Baker and Robert J. Priest
No. 23 Diaspora Missiology: Reflections on Reaching the Scattered Peoples of the Word , Michael Pocock and Enoch Wan
No. 24 Controversies in Mission: Theology, People, and Practice of Mission in the 21 st Century , Rochelle Cathcart Scheuermann and Edward L. Smither
No. 25 Churches on Mission:God s Grace Abounding to the Nations , Geoffrey Hartt, Christopher R. Little, and John Wang
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Yeh, Allen L. (Allen Leon), 1975-editor.
Title: Majority world theologies: theologizing from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the ends of the earth / Allen Yeh and Tite Ti nou, editors.
Description: Littleton: William Carey Publishing, 2018. | Series: Evangelical Missiological Society series; no. 26
Identifiers: LCCN 2018040950 | ISBN 9780878080885 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780878080908 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Religions.
Classification: LCC BL80.3 .M2475 2018 | DDC 202-dc23
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CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Allen Yeh
PART 1 MAJORITY WORLD THEOLOGIZING
Chapter 1 | Give Us Friends! : V. S. Azariah and the Call for the Four-Self Church
Allen Yeh
Chapter 2 | Polycentrism in Majority World Theologizing: An Engagement with Power and Essentialism
John Cheong
PART 2 AFRICA
Chapter 3 | Engaging Theology and Theological Education in the Majority World: Recognizing Visual and Symbolic Theology from the Akan People s Illustration
Kofi Amoateng
Chapter 4 | Koinonia (Fellowship) around the Mwaki (Fireplace): Reflections on Twenty-first Century Global Theological Education
Diane Stinton
Chapter 5 | Bible Translation, Theology, and Witches
Robert J. Priest
PART 3 ASIA
Chapter 6 | Exploring Hindu Insider Movements : Syncretism or Authentic Contextualization? A Theological and Missiological Appraisal with a Fresh Approach
Natun Bhattacharya
Chapter 7 | Analysis of Han in King David s Life: A Biblical Response to a Korean Concept
Sunny Hong
Chapter 8 | Sharing the Gospel with Tibetan Buddhists through the Cultural Paradigm of Pollution and Purity
James E. Morrison
PART 4 LATIN AMERICA
Chapter 9 | Santer a as a Means of Resistance and Deterrent to Orthodox Christianity
Jessica Brooks
Chapter 10 | PRODOLA: A Latin American Doctoral Program of Theology: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Way Forward
Rub n (Tito) Paredes
Chapter 11 | Latin American Christology: A Latino Diaspora Perspective
Rolando W. Cuellar
PART 5 FROM JERUSALEM TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Chapter 12 | A Critical Analysis of Naim Ateek s Palestinian Theology of Liberation
Yousef K. AlKhouri
Chapter 13 | Towards an Indigenous Theology of Worship in Alaska: A Study of Recent Efforts to Contextualize the Art of Yupik Eskimo Dancing
John G. Ferch
CONTRIBUTORS
Yousef Kamal AlKhouri (MDiv with a concentration on missions, Alliance Theological Seminary) is a Christian Palestinian Arab who was born in Gaza and lives in Bethlehem, Palestine. He received a Bachelor of biblical studies and Christian education from Bethlehem Bible College. He will be joining the faculty of Bethlehem Bible College in the fall of 2018.
Kofi Amoateng (PhD, Asbury Theological Seminary-E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission, Intercultural Studies) is a superintendent minister in the Methodist Church of Ghana. He is also the founder of Africa Gateway Missions (now Graceland Missions), which has been committed to missions and church planting in rural Ghana since 2008. He has served as a Methodist minister for twenty-two years. Since 2008 he has been involved in missions that have resulted in the planting of thirty rural churches in Ghana.
Natun Bhattacharya (DMiss) grew up in India. Since coming to know Christ he has extensively served in intercultural ministries focusing on training. His articles have been published in the Christian Research Journal , the Evangelical Missions Quarterly , and the Complete Evangelism Guidebook (Baker).
Jessica Brooks (MDiv, Alliance Theological Seminary), originally from South Carolina, graduated from Nyack College s Alliance Theological Seminary in 2017. Her degree focus at Nyack was Bible and theology, with a concentration on Biblical Hebrew. As a 2018 graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, where she earned a ThM in church history, focusing on black church studies, her research centered on the shaping of antebellum Southern black evangelicalism. Last but not least, she is a proud graduate of Howard University, where she first became a disciple of Jesus. She looks forward to pursuing PhD studies and living out her mission to expound the gospel, engage the culture.
John Cheong (PhD, Trinity International University) is a researcher, consultant, and lecturer in missiology and teaches in various seminaries around Asia. He specializes in globalization studies and Southeast Asian Islam, and has published on this as well as on the cultural dimensions of economics, contextual theology, and Muslim discipleship. He has edited three books and published over twenty articles on the above. He is the coeditor (with El