Essays in Contextual Theology
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9789004366718
Subjects: Catholic church, doctrines; Christianity and culture; Theology
Description: Essays in Contextual Theology' is a collection of essays that reflect on the doing of contextual theology from several perspectives. After a general introductory essay, subsequent essays reflect on topics such as contextual theology and prophetic dialogue, criteria for orthodoxy, the nature of tradition, the role of culture, the dynamics of conversion, and the way theology is being done in World Christianity. The collection closes with an autobiographical essay tracing the author's journey to becoming a "global theologian."