Contextualization: Meanings, Methods and Models

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