Majority World Theology: Christian Doctrine in Global Context

More Christians now live in the Majority World than in Europe and North America. Yet most theological literature does not reflect the rising tide of Christian reflection coming from these regions. If we take seriously the Spirit's movement around the world, we must consider how the rich textures of Christianity in the Majority World can enliven, inform, and challenge all who are invested in the ongoing work of theology.

Majority World Theology offers an unprecedented opportunity to enter conversations on the core Christian doctrines with leading scholars from around the globe. Seeking to bring together the strongest theological resources from past and present, East and West, the volume editors have assembled a diverse team of contributors to develop insights informed by questions from particular geographic and cultural contexts. This book features

  • a comprehensive overview of systematic theology, with sections on the Trinity, Christology, pneumatology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology
  • contributors including Amos Yong, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Victor I. Ezigbo, Wonsuk Ma, Aída Besançon Spencer, Randy S. Woodley, Munther Isaac, and Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
  • explorations of how Scripture, tradition, and culture fit together to guide the church's theological reflection
  • scholars demonstrating how to read the Bible and think theologically in light of contextual resources and concerns
  • inside views on what doing theology looks like in contributors' contexts and what developments they hope for in the future

When we learn what it means for Jesus to be Lord in diverse places and cultures, we grasp the gospel more fully and are more able to see the blind spots of our own local versions of Christianity. Majority World Theology provides an essential resource for students, theologians, and pastors who want to expand their theological horizons.

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Majority World Theology: Christian Doctrine in Global Context

More Christians now live in the Majority World than in Europe and North America. Yet most theological literature does not reflect the rising tide of Christian reflection coming from these regions. If we take seriously the Spirit's movement around the world, we must consider how the rich textures of Christianity in the Majority World can enliven, inform, and challenge all who are invested in the ongoing work of theology.

Majority World Theology offers an unprecedented opportunity to enter conversations on the core Christian doctrines with leading scholars from around the globe. Seeking to bring together the strongest theological resources from past and present, East and West, the volume editors have assembled a diverse team of contributors to develop insights informed by questions from particular geographic and cultural contexts. This book features

  • a comprehensive overview of systematic theology, with sections on the Trinity, Christology, pneumatology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology
  • contributors including Amos Yong, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Victor I. Ezigbo, Wonsuk Ma, Aída Besançon Spencer, Randy S. Woodley, Munther Isaac, and Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
  • explorations of how Scripture, tradition, and culture fit together to guide the church's theological reflection
  • scholars demonstrating how to read the Bible and think theologically in light of contextual resources and concerns
  • inside views on what doing theology looks like in contributors' contexts and what developments they hope for in the future

When we learn what it means for Jesus to be Lord in diverse places and cultures, we grasp the gospel more fully and are more able to see the blind spots of our own local versions of Christianity. Majority World Theology provides an essential resource for students, theologians, and pastors who want to expand their theological horizons.

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Overview

More Christians now live in the Majority World than in Europe and North America. Yet most theological literature does not reflect the rising tide of Christian reflection coming from these regions. If we take seriously the Spirit's movement around the world, we must consider how the rich textures of Christianity in the Majority World can enliven, inform, and challenge all who are invested in the ongoing work of theology.

Majority World Theology offers an unprecedented opportunity to enter conversations on the core Christian doctrines with leading scholars from around the globe. Seeking to bring together the strongest theological resources from past and present, East and West, the volume editors have assembled a diverse team of contributors to develop insights informed by questions from particular geographic and cultural contexts. This book features

  • a comprehensive overview of systematic theology, with sections on the Trinity, Christology, pneumatology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology
  • contributors including Amos Yong, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Victor I. Ezigbo, Wonsuk Ma, Aída Besançon Spencer, Randy S. Woodley, Munther Isaac, and Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
  • explorations of how Scripture, tradition, and culture fit together to guide the church's theological reflection
  • scholars demonstrating how to read the Bible and think theologically in light of contextual resources and concerns
  • inside views on what doing theology looks like in contributors' contexts and what developments they hope for in the future

When we learn what it means for Jesus to be Lord in diverse places and cultures, we grasp the gospel more fully and are more able to see the blind spots of our own local versions of Christianity. Majority World Theology provides an essential resource for students, theologians, and pastors who want to expand their theological horizons.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780830831814
Publisher: IVP Academic
Publication date: 12/01/2020
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Format: eBook
Pages: 736
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Gene L. Green (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is the dean of Trinity International University-Florida and professor emeritus of New Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School. He is the author of Vox Petri: A Theology of Peter and coeditor of Global Theology in Evangelical Perspective.


Stephen T. Pardue (PhD, Wheaton College) is associate professor of theology at the International Graduate School of Leadership and the Asia Graduate School of Theology in Manila. He is the author of The Mind of Christ: Humility and the Intellect in Early Christian Theology and coeditor of Asian Christian Theology.


K. K. Yeo (PhD, Northwestern University) is Harry R. Kendall Professor of New Testament at Garrett-Evangelical Seminary and affiliate professor at the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. His books include What Has Jerusalem to Do with Beijing? and The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in China.

Table of Contents

Preface Part One: The Trinity Among the Nations: The Doctrine of God in the Majority World Introduction to Part One: Trinity 101: Kaleidoscopic Views of God in the Majority World, K. K. Yeo 1. One God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, Gerald Bray 2. Beyond Homoiousios and Homoousios: Exploring North American Indigenous Concepts of the Shalom Community of God, Randy S. Woodley 3. The Trinity in Africa: Trends and Trajectories, Samuel Waje Kunhiyop 4. The Trinity as Gospel, Antonio González 5. Learning to See Jesus with the Eyes of the Spirit: The Unlikely Prophets of God's Reign, C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell 6. Asian Reformulations of the Trinity: An Evaluation, Natee Tanchanpongs 7. Motherliness of God: A Search for Maternal Aspects in Paul's Theology, Atsuhiro Asano 8. How to Understand a Biblical God in Chinese: Toward a Crosscultural Biblical Hermeneutics, Zi Wang Part Two: Jesus Without Borders: Christology in the Majority World Introduction to Part Two: An Invitation to Discuss Christology with the Global Church, Stephen T. Pardue 9. Christology in the West: Conversations in Europe and North America, Kevin J. Vanhoozer 10. Jesus as God's Communicative and Hermeneutical Act: African Christians on the Person and Significance of Jesus Christ, Victor I. Ezigbo 11. Christologies in Asia: Trends and Reflections, Timoteo D. Gener 12. ¿Quién Vive? ¡Cristo! Christology in Latin American Perspectives, Jules A. Martínez-Olivieri 13. Reading the Gospel of John through Palestinian Eyes, Yohanna Katanacho 14. From Artemis to Mary: Misplaced Veneration Versus True Worship of Jesus in the Latino/a Context, Aída Besançon Spencer 15. Christology and Cultus in 1 Peter: An African (Kenyan) Appraisal, Andrew M. Mbuvi 16. Biblical Christologies of the Global Church: Beyond Chalcedon? Toward a Fully Christian and Fully Cultural Theology, K. K. Yeo Part Three: The Spirit over the Earth: Pneumatology in the Majority World Introduction to Part Three: Pneumatology in the Majority World, Gene L. Green 17. I Believe in the Holy Spirit: From the Ends of the Earth to the Ends of Time, Amos Yong 18. The Spirit Blows Where It Wills: The Holy Spirit's Personhood in Indian Christian Thought, Ivan Satyavrata 19. Redefining Relationships: The Role of the Spirit in Romans and Its Significance in the Multiethnic Context of India, Zakali Shohe 20. Pauline Pneumatology and the Chinese Rites: Spirit and Culture in the Holy See's Missionary Strategy, Wei Hua 21. Pneumatology: Its Implications for the African Context, Samuel M. Ngewa 22. Who Is the Holy Spirit in Contemporary African Christianity?, David Tonghou Ngong 23. In Search of Indigenous Pneumatologies in the Americas, Oscar García-Johnson 24. The Holy Spirit: Power for Life and Hope, C. René Padilla Part Four: So Great a Salvation: Soteriology in the Majority World Introduction to Part Four: Soteriology in the Majority World, K. K. Yeo 25. The New Covenant and New Creation: Western Soteriologies and the Fullness of the Gospel, Daniel J. Treier 26. Telling Our Stories: Salvation in the African Context, Emily J. Choge Kerama 27. Luke 4:18-19 and Salvation: Marginalization of Women in the Pentecostal Church in Botswana, Rosinah Mmannana Gabaitse 28. Con Las Venas Abiertas: The Hope of Life and Salvation in Latin American Theologies, Jules A. Martínez-Olivieri 29. From What Do We Need to Be Saved? Reflections on God's Justice and Material Salvation, Milton Acosta 30. An Indigenous Reinterpretation of Repentance: A Step on the Journey to Reconciliation, Ray Aldred 31. Salvation as Reconciliation: Toward a Theology of Reconciliation in the Division of the Korean Peninsula, Sung Wook Chung 32. Qohelet's Gospel in Ecclesiastes: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15; 7:15-22; and 11:1-6, Elaine W. F. Goh Part Five: The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue: Ecclesiology in the Majority World Introduction to Part Five: God's Community in Majority World Theology, Gene L. Green 33.

What People are Saying About This

Lamin Sanneh

"[The Spirit over the Earth] discusses a foundational subject—the role of the Holy Spirit in the work and witness of the global church. It is appropriate that the coming of world Christianity should move discussion of the Holy Spirit to front and center for communities of faith across the world. The authors are to be congratulated for bringing to our attention the diverse and lively ways in which we see the Spirit's manifestation in our midst today."

Terence Halliday

"As a social science specialist in globalization who convenes networks of Christian scholars in research universities worldwide, I applaud this remarkable testimony to the richness of theological insight brought by scholars in the Majority World. These diverse, original essays on great doctrines of the faith will inspire and equip all of us who celebrate the wonder of the church universal."

Christopher J. H. Wright

"[Jesus Without Borders] provides all of us with a kind of stereophonic listening to one another across the cultures that shape us but should not define us as Christians. The whole Majority World Theology series promises to be a refreshingly reciprocal contribution to global theology."

Philip Jenkins

"Different societies vary in exactly how they understand Christ's gospel message in terms of their own culture. The rewarding essays in Jesus Without Borders offer an impressively wide-ranging survey of those diverse responses and understandings of Christology. Provocative and interesting."

Emmanuel Katongole

"A well-written and much-needed book. Through these essays [in Jesus Without Borders] the reader travels around the world and gets a flavor of the rich theological ferment underway in world Christianity."

Simon Chan

"This volume [The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue], like its predecessors, aptly captures a plethora of perspectives on what it means to be the church. It evokes different emotions as we encounter the familiar and the unfamiliar. These contributions should help Christians everywhere not only to broaden their vision of the church but also to feel a kindred spirit with each other."

M. Daniel Carroll R.

"If The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue teaches us anything, it is that the question, What does it mean to be the church? cannot be divorced from other fundamental matters. Where is the church located? How are the people of God to define their identity and mission in that place? These creative Majority World voices open up new vistas that can only arise from and in commitment to their contexts. But these essays are not simply reflections from diverse parts of the globe that can be held at arm's length as an interesting exercise in ecclesiology. They are profound explorations of the inexhaustible riches of the Word that reveal fresh insights into the church as a situated community."

Zhuo Xinping

"Majority World Theology provides a survey of the development of Christian thought in the whole world. It explores the basic Christian doctrines in the context of a crosscultural dialogue and gives us vivid ethnographic descriptions and indigenized understandings of Christian faith. Its publication will surely enrich academic studies and cultural exchanges of world religions today."

Julie Ma

"The authors make a remarkable connection between the theology process and the real-life experience of God's people. [The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue] succeeds in being both biblically truthful and culturally applicable, emphasizing that the Word of God is for the whole of humanity throughout its entire history and various cultures. Each author represents contemporary rationale among an extensive selection of traditional academics. The book will inspire and challenge local and global church leaders and theologians."

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