The Art of Contextual Theology: Doing Theology in the Era of World Christianity

Description: The Art of Contextual Theology by Victor I. Ezigbo Christianity has an inherent capability to assume, as its novel mode of expression, the local idioms, customs, and thought forms of a new cultural frontier that it encounters. As a result, Christianity has become multicultural and multilingual. What is the role of theology in the imagination and articulation of Christianitys inherent multiculturalism and multi-vernacularity? Victor Ezigbo examines this question by exploring the nature and practice of contextual theology. To accomplish this task, this book engages the main genres of contextual theology, explores echoes of contextual theological thinking in some of Jesuss sayings, and discusses insights into contextual theology that can be discerned in the discourses on theology and caste relations (Dalit theology), theology and primal cultures (African theology), and theology and poverty (Latin American liberation theology). FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Victor Ezigbo is Professor of Theology and World Christianity at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota. His other books are Re-imagining African Christologies and Introducing Christian Theologies (2 vols). Review "Ezigbos fascinating book disrupts Western theologys fondness for navel-gazing by turning our attention to the body of Christians scattered across the world. Working from embodied communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this resourceful book reconfigures theological method, expands theological capital, and reimagines theology to matter both contextually and globally. I want this in the hands of theological teachers and students in the United States and Europe." --Sathianathan Clarke, Wesley Theological Seminary "The study of theology is greatly enriched by this new work from Victor Ezigbo that asks what it means for community context to be a fundamental--and equally-weighted--constituent of theology alongside Scripture, reason, and tradition. From ancestor Christology to Dalit anthropology, Ezigbos case studies illuminate with breadth and precision how context so understood challenges all theologians, as it relocates the form and practice of Christian theology to local communities across the globe." --Chloë Starr, Yale Divinity School "Victor Ezigbo makes a convincing case in this book for a paradigm shift from an explanatory approach to a constitutive model of contextual theology. I highly recommend this book as an indispensable text to theologians, church ministers, faith-based Christian NGOs, and theology students. All those who are looking for a methodological road map for doing contextual and practical theology or mission studies anywhere in the world today will find a good guide in this book, which promises to be the most important scholarly contribution to World Christianity so far from this great African mind." --Stan Chu Ilo, DePaul University Review Quote "Ezigbos fascinating book disrupts Western theologys fondness for navel-gazing by turning our attention to the body of Christians scattered across the world. Working from embodied communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this resourceful book reconfigures theological method, expands theological capital, and reimagines theology to matter both contextually and globally. I want this in the hands of theological teachers and students in the United States and Europe." --Sathianathan Clarke, Wesley Theological Seminary "The study of theology is greatly enriched by this new work from Victor Ezigbo that asks what it means for community context to be a fundamental--and equally-weighted--constituent of theology alongside Scripture, reason, and tradition. From ancestor Christology to Dalit anthropology, Ezigbos case studies illuminate with breadth and precision how context so understood challenges all theologians, as it relocates the form and practice of Christian theology to local communities across the globe." --Chlo Details ISBN172525929X Short Title The Art of Contextual Theology Pages 246 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 172525929X ISBN-13 9781725259294 Format Hardcover Subtitle Doing Theology in the Era of World Christianity Publication Date 2021-05-28 UK Release Date 2021-05-28 Author Victor I. Ezigbo Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-05-28 NZ Release Date 2021-05-28 US Release Date 2021-05-28 DEWEY 261 Audience General Publisher Wipf & Stock Publishers Imprint Wipf & Stock Publishers Place of Publication Eugene We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132275066;

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