Contextualization: Meanings, Methods and Models

by David J. Hesselgrave, Edward Rommen

Overview

This classic textbook brings together the meanings, proposals, and tasks involved in contextualization. Hesselgrave and Rommen explore the history of contextualization in the Bible and the Church while examining the proposals of prominent thinkers on this subject. They conclude with their own definition and approach to contextualization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645083290
Publisher:	William Carey Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2000
Series:	Evangelical Missiological Society Series , #13
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	291
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

• Foreword by George W. Peters

  Preface

  Part 1 The Historical Background of Contextualization

  Introduction to Part 1

  1. Reflections from the Old and New Testaments

  2. Reflections from the History of the Church and its Missions

  3. What Is New? 

  Part 2 Contemporary Understanding of and Approaches to Contextualization

  Introduction to Part 2

  4. Europe: Jurgen Moltmann

  5. Anglo-America: Bruce J. Nicholls and Charles H. Kraft

  6. Asia: M.M. Thomas and Kosuke Koyama

  7. Latin America: Gustavo Guierrez and Jose Miguez-Bonino

  8. Africa: John S. Mbiti and Byang H. Kato

  9. The Middle East: Kenneth E. Bailey and Tim Matheny

  Part 3 Framework for Analysis

  Introduction to Part 3

  10. A Philosophical Perspective: Genres of Revelational Epistemology

  11. A Theological Perspective: The Contextualization Continuum

  12. An Anthropological Perspective: Language and Meaning

  13. A Hermeneutical Perspective: Basic Assumptions and Patterns

  14. A Communication Perspective: The Semantic Problem and the Communication Process 

  Part 4 Authentic and Relevant Contextualization: Some Proposals

  Introduction to Part 4

  15. Contextualization That Is Authentic and Relevant

  16. A Contextualized Christian Worldview: A Catechism for Tribals

  17. A Contextualization of the New Birth Message: an Evangelistic Tract for Chinese People

  18. The Doctrine of Justification by Faith Contextualized: Commentaries on Galatians 2 for Sixteenth-Century Europe and Twentieth-Century India

  19. A Contextualization for Muslims: A Debate

  20. A Contextualized Sermon for Nominal Christian in Central and Northern Europe: The Lordship of Christ

  Bibliography

  Index of Subjects