Contextualization in the Local Church
As a third year student at the Instituto Biblico Buenos Aires I had had the rare opportunity to investigate evangelical youth work at its source. But,…
Category: Volume 14 – Issue 1
Contextualization: A New Dimension for Cross-cultural Hermeneutic
I see the evangelical model of exegesis developed through history as an easier and more directly pertinent methodological influence on our contemporar…
Contextualization: Is it Only a New Word for Indigenization?
In 1957 an Indian Christian church leader made the startling statement that, with the exception of scattered local instances, in 150 years it has not …
Mission and Context: The Current Debate about Contextualization
The word "contextualization" was coined just over five years ago, and already it is used around the world in many different circles.
The Contextualization of Theology
For many, the term "theology" has about it an aura of' irrelevance. It conjures up in the mind the seemingly endless history of bickering between thos…