Appropriate Christianity - Kraft, Charles H.; Gilliland, Dean S. (Pasadena, Calif. : William Carey Library, 2005)
Why appropriate? / Charles H. Kraft -- The development of contextualization theory in Euroamerican missiology / Charles H. Kraft -- The missionary encounter with culture since the seventeenth century / Wilbert R. Shenk -- The function of appropriate contextualization in mission / Darrell L. Whiteman -- Why isn't contextualization implemented? / Charles H. Kraft -- Is Christianity a religion or a faith? / Charles H. Kraft -- Contextualization in three crucial dimensions / Charles H. Kraft -- From systematic and biblical to missional theology / Tite Tie nou and Paul G. Hiebert -- The Hebraic covenant as a model for contextualization / Robert L. Gallagher -- Meaning equivalence contextualization / Charles H. Kraft -- Dynamics of contextualization / Charles H. Kraft -- Five perspectives of contextually appropriate missional theology / Charles E. Van Engen -- Toward a contextually appropriate methodology in mission theology / Charles E. Van Engen -- Appropriate hermeneutics / Shawn B. Redford -- Contextualization and time : generational appropriateness / Charles H. Kraft -- Power-giving leadership : transformation for a missional church / Sherwood Lingenfelter -- How appropriate is the church growth paradigm in today's mission contexts? / Eddie Gibbs -- Variations on a theme of appropriate contextualization : music lessons from Africa / Roberta R. King -- Appropriate relationships / Charles H. Kraft -- Contextualizing the relationship dimension of the Christian life / Kate J. Rawson -- Spiritual power : a missiological issue / Charles H. Kraft -- Appropriate contextualization of spiritual power / Charles H. Kraft -- Appropriate approaches in Muslim contexts / John Travis and Anna Travis -- A typology of approaches to Thai folk Buddhists / Paul H. DeNeui -- Renewal, revival, and contextualization / Paul E. Pierson -- Appropriate witness to postmoderns : re-incarnating the way of Jesus in 21st century Western culture / Jonathan Campbell -- Reciprocal contextualization / Frecia C. Johnson -- The incarnation as matrix for appropriate theologies / Dean S. Gilliland.
"Dedicated to Dean S. Gilliland."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-577) and indexes.
"Bibliography of Dean S. Gilliland": p. 525-527.
Keywords: Missions -- Theory; Christianity and culture