Out of Every Tribe and Nation

by Gonzalez, Justo L.

• ISBN13: 9780687298600
• ISBN10: 0687298601
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-09-01
• Publisher: Abingdon Pr

Summary

Out of Every Tribe and Nation demonstrates how ethnic minority perspectives can enrich the church's understanding of a variety of its traditional doctrines: creation, salvation, the Word, and the church in its relation to the world. In each case, Gonzalez draws from several ethnic minority perspectives to demonstrate that the church's traditional understanding of these doctrines, because it has been framed by one dominant group, has impoverished and at times distorted the gospel. In listening to these perspectives, the church can recapture the richness of the divine-human encounter in Christ, and reclaim its standing as "the whole people of God."

Author Biography

Justo L. Gonzalez is Adjunct Professor of Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
The Roundtable (Participants and Observers)	p. 9
Introduction	p. 13
A Vision of Catholicity	p. 18
The Fourfold Witness to the Gospel	p. 18
The Fourfold Gospel and the Multiple Witness of Scripture	p. 23
Implications for a Pluralistic Theology	p. 25
Mission and the Catholic Vocation of Christian Theology	p. 27
Christianity and Culture	p. 29
Visions of the Word	p. 38
Points of Agreement	p. 38
The Bible As a Tool of Oppression	p. 39
The Call for a New Hermeneutics	p. 41
Traditional Cultures and Biblical Faith	p. 47
In Quest of a Hermencutics of Community	p. 53
Translation and Interpretation	p. 57
Visions of the World	p. 61
Creation and Redemption	p. 61
Another Option	p. 65
Is There a Solution?	p. 69
Change and Perfection	p. 71
The Human in the Cosmos	p. 73
Creation, Stewardship, Work, and Leisure	p. 76
The Seventh Day of Creation	p. 81
Visions of Salvation	p. 83
Salvation, Struggle, and Survival	p. 83
The Early Setting	p. 86
The Early Centuries, and Ours	p. 91
Individualism and Cosmopolitanism	p. 95
Pie in the Sky	p. 98
Visions of the Church	p. 100
Commitment and Alienation	p. 100
The Ecclesiology of Christendom	p. 105
Ecclesiology and Eschatology	p. 109
By the Power of the Spirit	p. 115
Statement of Purpose	p. 117
List of Presentations at the Roundtable	p. 119
Notes	p. 121
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