When Culture Leaves Contextualized Christianity behind
Contextualized Christianity is culturally specific. If the process is consistent with objective truth and subjective reality, it leads not only to stability, but also to fixed position. Cultures are dynamic entities going through constant and, in this age of global mass media, rapid change. The cont...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1991
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Missiology
Year: 1991, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-29 |
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| Summary: | Contextualized Christianity is culturally specific. If the process is consistent with objective truth and subjective reality, it leads not only to stability, but also to fixed position. Cultures are dynamic entities going through constant and, in this age of global mass media, rapid change. The contextualized church faces the danger of being left out of context unless it can impartially understand the forces of change in its own cultural setting and constantly decontextualize and recontextualize in new culture as it develops. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182969101900102 |