Contextuality in Reformed Europe
Subtitle: The Mission of the Church in the Transformation of European Culture (Currents of Encounter 23)
Contributors: Michael Weinrich (Editor); Hendrik M. Vroom (Editor); Christine Lienemann-Perrin (Editor)
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: June 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9789042018013
First sentence: Contextualization is a worldwide phenomenon and a challenge to all churches.
Description: "The scope of this volume is how churches experience themselves and their mission in their context. The discussions in this volume provide ample material to substantiate the claim that the church should not be an ecclesia incurvata in se ipsa, (a church curved into itself) but welcoming and directed not only to personal needs but to social needs as well--but not bound to what people often feel the needs are and delving deeper to the real roots of sin and selfishness, be it personal, social or national."--Back cover.