03164cam a2200301 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000440008803500230013203500200015504000490017505000220022408200250024610000270027124501140029826000600041230000510047244000340052350400640055750520390062160000320266065000220269265000250271465100410273985600820278014646962OSt20250701140207.0150206s2007    miuaf    b    001 0 eng    a  2006039452  a9780802817600 (paperback. : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm76901833  a(OCoLC)76901833  aDLCcDLCdBTCTAdBAKERdC#PdEMTdYDXCPdDLC00aBV2063b.H37 200700a266.001 Has 20072221 aHastings, Thomas John.10aPractical theology and the one body of Christ :btoward a missional-ecumenical model /cThomas John Hastings.  aGrand Rapids, Mich. :bWilliam B. Eerdmans Pub.,c2007.  axi, 233 p., [8] p. of plates :bill. ;c24 cm. 0aStudies in practical theology  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 220-229) and index.0 aIntroduction. The cultural captivity of contemporary North American practical theology ; The critical theoretic correlational model ; The critical praxis correlational model ; The transformational model -- Biblical, theological, and missiological grounds for a missional-ecumenical approach to practical theology. Charismatic, missional, ecumenical praxis within the "one body of Christ" ; The demographic transformation of world Christianity and the twilight of "mainline" Protestant foreign missions ; Facing up to the tensions between the gospel, church, and culture. The conversion-encounter axis between gospel and culture ; The reciprocal relationship axis between gospel and church ; The missionary dialogue axis between church and culture -- Gospel, church, and culture tensions in Meiji, Japan. Tamura Naomi and his times: education from above ; The Japanese bride incident. Gospel and culture tensions ; Gospel and church tensions ; Culture and church tensions -- From evangelism to religious education. A vision for the Christian transformation of Japan ; The graded lessons and the testing of Tamura's vision. Encountering missionary opposition ; World's Sunday School Convention held in Tokyo -- Tamura's mature work. The principles and practice of religious education ; The child the center of Christianity -- Toward a missional-ecumenical model of practical theology. The contemporary significance of Tamura's missional-ecumenical approach to practical theology. Personal missional engagement at the congregational level ; Personal and academic engagement across cultures ; A tale of two selves in Japan and the United States. Participation in Christ, belonging to others, and realistic self-assessment ; "Was Judas saved?" ; Humility in the face of the unity and variety in the order of creation ; At play in the matrix uniting subject and object ; A tripartite, contingent relationality. The other(s)-I relation ; The I-self(ves) relation ; The relation to a context of ultimacy ; Conclusion: a missionary confession.10aTamura, Naoomi,d1858-1935. 0aMissionsxTheory. 0aTheology, Practical. 0aJapanxChurch historyy20th century.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006039452.html