Theology in the Context of World Christianity
Theology in the Context of World Christianity

Author: Timothy C. Tennent

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0310275113

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As Christianity advances in the South and East, its universal truths face new questions and are expressed in new ways. Majority world theological reflection needs to be brought into conversation with Western theology. Doing so will uncover blind spots and biases and will bring a potentially revitalizing agent into the Western church.

Divine Presence
Divine Presence

Author: Knut Alfsvag

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1666701416

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Theology should be at home both in the academy and in the church. This book takes such dual affiliation seriously and lets the two different contexts illuminate each other. It explores how we should understand theology within the context of the current debate on theory of science and discusses the methodological implications of belief in God as Creator and in the incarnation. The first part of the book concludes by examining the consequences of theology’s dual affiliation for the self-understanding of believers in general and theologians in particular. The second part deals with four different sources of theological knowledge and their relation to each other: the Bible, the history of the church, experience, and reason. Among the central issues are the status of the Bible in contemporary theology, the unity of the church, and the relationship between theology and the natural sciences. The central question is: where do we experience divine presence?

Christian Dogmatics
Christian Dogmatics

Author: van der Kooi & van den Brink

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 820

ISBN-13: 0802872654

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A fresh, inviting text on the content of Christian faith in our contemporary context This one-volume systematic theology presents an accessible, orthodox overview of the Christian faith for students, teachers, pastors, and serious lay readers. Cornelis van der Kooi and Gijsbert van den Brink not only cover all the traditional themes-creation, sin, Jesus Christ, Scripture, and so on-but also relate those classical themes to contemporary developments like Pentecostalism, postfoundationalism, and evolutionary theory. Consisting of sixteen chapters, the book is ideal for classroom use. Each chapter begins with engaging questions and a statement of learning goals and concludes with a list of recommended further reading. Written in a student-friendly tone and style and expertly translated and edited, van der Kooi and van den Brink's Christian Dogmatics splendidly displays the real, practical relevance of theology to the complexities of our world today.

An Introduction to Christian Worldview
An Introduction to Christian Worldview

Author: Tawa J. Anderson

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0830899650

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Why do worldviews matter? What characterizes a Christian worldview? Part of being a thoughtful Christian means being able to understand and express the Christian worldview as well as developing an awareness of the variety of worldviews. Well organized, clearly written, and featuring aids for learning, this is the essential text for either the classroom or for self-study.

The Christ of the Indian Road
The Christ of the Indian Road

Author: E. Stanley Jones

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2010-08-01

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1426719205

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Jones recounts his experiences in India, where he arrived as a young and presumptuous missionary who later matured into a veteran who attempted to contextualize Jesus Christ within the Indian culture. He names the mistake many Christians make in trying to impose their culture on the existing culture where they are bringing Christ. Instead he makes the case that Christians learn from other cultures, respect the truth that can be found there, and let Christ and the existing culture do the rest.

Christian Inculturation in India
Christian Inculturation in India

Author: Paul M. Collins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-17

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1317166744

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Drawing together international and Indian sources, and new research on the ground in South India, this book presents a unique examination of the inculturation of Christian Worship in India. Paul M. Collins examines the imperatives underlying the processes of inculturation - the dynamic relationship between the Christian message and cultures - and then explores the outcomes of those processes in terms of architecture, liturgy and ritual, and the critique offered of these outcomes, especially by Dalit theologians. This book highlights how the Indian context has informed global discussions, and how the decisions of the World Council of Churches, Vatican II and Lambeth Conferences have impacted upon the Indian context.