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... TRADITION AND CHRISTIAN IDENTITY Local Theology Encounters Christian Tradition: Seven Problems Christian Tradition Encounters Local Theology: Four Problems The Functioning of Tradition in Human Communities Tradition's Contribution to ...
... TRADITION AND CHRISTIAN IDENTITY Local Theology Encounters Christian Tradition: Seven Problems Christian Tradition Encounters Local Theology: Four Problems The Functioning of Tradition in Human Communities Tradition's Contribution to ...
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... Christian tradition” consists of a series of “local theologies.” Thus, theologizing today also has to deal with the problem of a “culture shock” and not merely with the analysis and comparison of theological concepts. This then raises ...
... Christian tradition” consists of a series of “local theologies.” Thus, theologizing today also has to deal with the problem of a “culture shock” and not merely with the analysis and comparison of theological concepts. This then raises ...
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... Christian community in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the twentieth century was already evident at ... tradition as it has come to them, in rote fashion. They are anxious to take their place alongside the churches of older ...
... Christian community in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the twentieth century was already evident at ... tradition as it has come to them, in rote fashion. They are anxious to take their place alongside the churches of older ...
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... Christian revelation is the kernel; the previous cultural settings in which it has been incarnated constitute the ... tradition and adapt it to a local cultural setting. It calls in many ways for more familiarity with what has been done in ...
... Christian revelation is the kernel; the previous cultural settings in which it has been incarnated constitute the ... tradition and adapt it to a local cultural setting. It calls in many ways for more familiarity with what has been done in ...
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... Christian groups are answering this question in different ways. If one takes one line of analysis, the Lord Jesus ... tradition of Christian faith. But without a more fundamental encounter with the new culture, that faith can never ...
... Christian groups are answering this question in different ways. If one takes one line of analysis, the Lord Jesus ... tradition of Christian faith. But without a more fundamental encounter with the new culture, that faith can never ...
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 worldview younger churches