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Contextualization of Theology General Resources
Gateways and Collections
Association of Professors of Mission contextualization course syllabi
Bibliography of articles and books on Contextualization from 1972 to 1999(Searchable version)
Global Christian Theology: An Annotated Bibliography with Emphasis on Non-White Theologians
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary online essays
Repositories
Network for Strategic Missions KnowledgeBase topics:
Contextualization Contextual Theologies EthnohermeneuticsBiblical Discussion
Bible Translation and Contextualization
Contextualizing the Parables of Jesus
Great Commission Contextualization
The Missionary Principles of Paul and How They Should Apply Today
Paul and the Contextualization of the Gospel
The Trinity and Contextualization
Selected Journal Archives
Evangelical Missions Quarterly
Introductions/Overviews
Sample Articles
* Appreciation for and Warnings about Contextualization
Contextualization: SIM Position Paper
Contextualization that is Authentic and Relevant
* The Contextualization of Theology
Contextualizing the Power and the Glory
* Doing Theology Across Cultures: A New Methodology for an Old Task
The Human Universals for Culture: Implications for Contextualization
Resources by Continent
Africa
General Resources Sites
African Theologies Annotated Contextualization Bibliography: African Theologies
Sample Articles
African Theology and Social Change (dissertation)
Christians and Their Ancestors: A Dilemma of African Theology
Contextualizing the Gospel in Africa
INSeCT: African Catholic Theology
* The Problem of Methodology in African Christian Theologies
* Willowbank to Zaire: The Doing of Theology
Middle East
General Resources Sites
NSM KnowledgeBase articles:
Middle East Theologies Annotated Contextualization Bibliography: Middle East Theologies
Sample Articles
Contextualization: A New Missionary Approach to Muslims (a Muslim perspective on Christian contextualization)
Contextualization Among Muslims: Reusing Common Pillars
Contextualization: Building Bridges to the Muslim Community
Critical Contextualization and Muslim Conversion
Danger! New Directions in Contextualization
The Hermeneutical Crisis in Muslim Evangelization
The Ishmael Promise and Contextualization Among Muslims
* The Pros and Cons of Islamicized Contextualization
The "Son of God"-Understanding the Messianic Titles of Jesus
Asia
General Resources Sites
NSM KnowledgeBase articles:
Asian Liberation Theologies Asian Theologies Chinese Theologies Gospel and Culture PostmodernismAnnotated Contextualization Bibliography: Asian Theologies; Dalit Theologies; Minjung Theologies
Japanese Evangelical Contemporary Theology (in English)
Sample Articles
Communicating the Concept of Sin in the Chinese Context
Contextualization of the Gospel in Taiwan: My Agony
The Contextual Christian: Channappa D. Uttangi
The Development of a Multi-Dimensional Approach to Contextualization in Northeast Thailand
Doing Theology among Cambodian Refugees
Doing Theology among Filipino Peasant-Farmers
Doing Theology among the Ibanags
Doing Theology in a Chinese Context
The Impact of Medellin and Puebla on Asian Theology
Jesus, My Master: "Jesu Bhakta" Hindu Christian Theology
Making Salvation Concrete and Jesus Real Trends in Asian Christology
Theological Contributions of Sino-theology to The Global Christian Community
Together towards the Kingdom: An Emerging Asian Theology (Catholic regional report)
Toward an Asian Theology of Mission
North America and Europe
General Resources Sites
NSM KnowledgeBase articles:
Black Theologies Gospel and Culture Native American Liberation Theologies Native American Theologies Postmodernism Russian TheologiesAnnotated Contextualization Bibliography: Western Theologies; Western Minority Theologies
Sample Articles
Contextualization Frustration: Why Young Adults Blow Off the Church
Postmodern Contextualization
Emerging Church/Emerging Culture resource
JordonCooper.com Postmodern Culture
Intercultural Institute for Contextual Ministry
Latin America
General Resources Sites
NSM KnowledgeBase articles:
Liberation TheologiesAnnotated Contextualization Bibliography: Caribbean Theologies; Latin American Theologies
Centre for Liberation Theologies (Leuven) (publications)
LookSmart search on "liberation theology"
Questia.com search on "liberation theology"
Sample Articles
Christian Revolution in Latin America: The Changing Face of Liberation Theology
* Contextual Evangelization in Latin America: Between Accommodation and Confrontation
* Contextualization in the Local Church
Developments in Latin American Liberation Theology
* Latin America's Fifth Wave of Protestant Churches
Latin America: Peruvian New Religious Movements
* Themes of Pentecostal Expansion in Latin America
Whatever happened to liberation theology?(Latin America)
Oceania
General Resources Sites
NSM KnowledgeBase articles:
Oceanic TheologiesAnnotated Contextualization Bibliography: Oceanic Theologies
Sample Articles
Concepts of Power in a Melanesian and Biblical Perspective
The Contextualization of Cargo Cult Beliefs and the Christian Message in Irian Jaya, Indonesia
