Models of Contextual Theology

by Bevans, Stephen B.

• ISBN13: 9781570754388
• ISBN10: 1570754381
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Author Biography

Stephen B. Bevans, an American Divine Word Missionary, is Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD, Professor of Gospel and Culture at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Revised and Expanded Edition	ix
Robert J. Schreiter
Acknowledgments	xiii
Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition	xv
Introduction	xix
PART ONE METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS
Contextual Theology as a Theological Imperative	3	(13)
Contextual Theology as Both New and Traditional	3	(6)
Why Theology Must Be Contextual Today	9	(6)
Conclusion	15	(1)
Issues in Contextual Theology	16	(12)
Issues of Theological Method	16	(5)
Issues of Basic Theological Orientation	21	(1)
Issues of Criteria for Orthodoxy	22	(3)
Issues of Cultural Identity, Popular Religiosity, and Social Change	25	(1)
Indigenization, Contextualization, or Inculturation?	26	(2)
The Notion and Use of Models	28	(9)
The Notion of Model	29	(2)
The Use of Models in This Book	31	(2)
Procedure of the Following Chapters	33	(4)
PART TWO SIX MODELS OF CONTEXTUAL THEOLOGY
The Translation Model	37	(17)
A Sketch of the Translation Model	38	(7)
Examples of the Translation Model	45	(9)
The Anthropological Model	54	(16)
A Sketch of the Model	55	(6)
Examples of the Anthropological Model	61	(9)
The Praxis Model	70	(18)
A Sketch of the Model	71	(8)
Examples of the Praxis Model	79	(9)
The Synthetic Model	88	(15)
A Sketch of the Model	89	(6)
Examples of the Synthetic Model	95	(8)
The Transcendental Model	103	(14)
A Sketch of the Model	103	(6)
Examples of the Transcendental Model	109	(8)
The Countercultural Model	117	(22)
A Sketch of the Model	118	(9)
Examples of the Countercultural Model	127	(12)
Conclusion: Is One Model Better Than Another?	139	(2)
Synthetic Tables of the Six Models	141	(4)
Notes	145	(36)
Index	181