Models of Contextual Theology : The Struggle for Cultural Relevance

by Bevans, Stephen B.

• ISBN13: 9780883448144
• ISBN10: 0883448149
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Robert J. Schreiter
Acknowledgments	xii
Introduction	xiii
Contextual Theology as a Theological Imperative	1	(10)
Contextualization as Both New and Traditional	1	(4)
Why Theology Must Be Contextual Today	5	(5)
Conclusion	10	(1)
Issues in Contextual Theology	11	(12)
Issues of Theological Method	11	(5)
Issues of Basic Theological Orientation	16	(1)
Issues of Criteria for Orthodoxy	17	(3)
Issues of Cultural Identity, Popular Religiosity, and social Change	20	(1)
Indigenization, Contextualization, or Inculturation?	21	(2)
The Notion and Use of Models	23	(7)
The Notion of Model	24	(2)
The Use of Models in This Book	26	(2)
Procedure of the Following Chapters	28	(2)
The Translation Model	30	(17)
A Sketch of the Model	31	(6)
Examples of the Translation Model	37	(10)
The Anthropological Model	47	(16)
A Sketch of the Model	47	(7)
Examples of the Anthropological Model	54	(9)
The Praxis Model	63	(18)
A Sketch of the Model	64	(7)
Examples of the Praxis Model	71	(10)
The Synthetic Model	81	(16)
A Sketch of the Model	82	(6)
Examples of the Synthetic Model	88	(9)
The Transcendental Model	97	(14)
A Sketch of the Model	97	(5)
Examples of the Transcendental Model	102	(9)
Conclusion: Is One Model Better Than Another?	111	(2)
Notes	113	(27)
Index	140