Biblical theology for oral-preference communities

Teaching in a non-individualist oral-preference culture in Indonesia, I have encountered the mismatch of theology developed for Western cultures and the needs of my students and their congregations that characterizes much postcolonial theological education. The use of proverbs and poetry as resource...

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Main Author: Buchanan, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2021
In: Missiology
Year: 2021, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 250-262
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
HA Bible
KBM Asia
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B divine-ecclesial institutions
B theological metaphor
B Theo-drama
B postcolonial theological education
B oral-preference learners
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