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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Published in:Missiology
Main Author: Lett, Jacob (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Missiology
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.
ISSN:2051-3623
Contains:Enthalten in: Missiology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00918296221101619