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According to Bevans, contextualization is a better term than indigenization to describe social location and particular experience because it "broadens the understanding of culture to include social, political, and economic questions," while indigenization merely focuses on the "purely cultural dimension of human experience."
The praxis model is a way of doing theology that is formed by knowledge at its most intense level. It is also about discerning the meaning and contributing to the course of social change, and so it takes its inspiration from neither classic texts nor classic behavior but from present realities and future possibilities.
Hiebert developed several theories that widely influenced the study and practice of Christian missions. His model of "critical contextualization" [7] describes a process of understanding and evaluating cultural practices in light of biblical teaching.
In Christianity, inculturation is the adaptation of Christian teachings and practices to cultures. This is a term that is generally used by Catholics and the Orthodox, whereas Protestants (such as Anglicans and Lutherans), especially associated with the World Council of Churches, prefer to use the term "contextual theology".
Many emerging churches have put a strong emphasis on contextualization and, therefore, contextual theology. Contextual theology has been defined as "A way of doing theology in which one takes into account: the spirit and message of the gospel; the tradition of the Christian people; the culture in which one is theologising; and social change in ...
Contextualization may refer to: Contextualization (Bible translation) , the process of contextualising the biblical message as perceived in the missionary mandate originated by Jesus Contextualization (computer science) , an initialization phase setting or overriding properties having unknown or default values at the time of template creation
Shoki Coe (Chinese: 黃彰輝; pinyin: Huang Zhanghui; Wade–Giles: Hwang Chang-Hui; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Chiong-hui; 20 August 1914 – 28 October 1988) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, erstwhile principal of Tainan Theological Seminary (1949–1965) and director of the Theological Education Fund of the World Council of Churches.
Missiology as an academic discipline appeared only in the 19th century. It was the Scottish missionary Alexander Duff who first developed a systematic theory of mission and was appointed in 1867 to the first chair in missiology in the world, the new chair of Evangelistic Theology in New College, Edinburgh. The chair was short-lived and closed ...