A Christology of history and contextualization: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s mission Christology and Kosuke Koyama’s contextualizing Christology
In this article, I put Koyama’s contextual Christology in conversation with Balthasar’s mission Christology and consider how they understand history, culture, and the “I” in light of their respective Christologies. In the process, I examine how different Christo-logics shape the nature of theologica...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Missiology
Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-195 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology NBF Christology RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Koyama
B Christology B Balthasar B Contextualization B Contextual Theology B Missional Theology B Missiology |
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| Summary: | In this article, I put Koyama’s contextual Christology in conversation with Balthasar’s mission Christology and consider how they understand history, culture, and the “I” in light of their respective Christologies. In the process, I examine how different Christo-logics shape the nature of theological contextualization, particularly in the way they frame how Christ and, by extension, the church encounter the particularities of history and persons. In the end, I ultimately argue that Balthasar’s Christology offers the “theo-logic” for the dramatic understanding of history that Koyama is performing in his contextual theology and that a dual-nature Christology leads to a dual practice of contextual theology. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00918296221101619 |