Constructing Local Theologies |
Contents
THE STUDY OF CULTURE | |
CHURCH TRADITION | |
TRADITION AND CHRISTIAN IDENTITY | |
POPULAR RELIGION AND OFFICIAL RELIGION | |
SYNCRETISM AND DUAL RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS | |
NOTES | |
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Africa analysis Anthropology approach areas Bantu Philosophy basic become boundaries century chapter Christ Christian communities Christian identity Christian tradition church tradition Clifford Geertz codes cohesion concept concern context culture texts deal developing local theologies dual religious systems dual systems economic emerge encounter Eucharist experience faith false consciousness functionalist Geertz gospel grammar human important incorporation invading culture investigation kind of theology language Latin America liberation theology listening meaning mediators Melanesia metaphor metonyms normative older churches oppression patterns perspective popular religion previous local theologies problems questions reality receiving culture relations relationships ritual role Roman Catholic Scriptures semiotic semiotic domains sign system situation social change society sociology of knowledge structures study of culture sure knowledge symbolic syncretism syncretism and dual syncretistic Testament theologian theological reflection theology as sure theory of tradition transformation translation model understanding Vladimir Propp Western wisdom theology worldÂview younger churches