Power and Identity in the Global Church : Six Contemporary Cases.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (260 pages)
Intro -- Power and Identity in the Global Church -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Contextualizing Context-Exploring Christian Identity in the Global Church through Six Contemporary Cases -- 2. Paul in Japan: A Fresh Reading of Romans and Galatians -- 3. Contextualization from the Ground: Longuda Lutherans in Nigeria -- 4. Local Language and Global Faith: Choosing Church Language in the Philippines -- 5. Identity Matters: Christianity and Ethnic Identity in the Peninsular Basque Country -- 6. Contextualization and Ethnicity: Millenarian Discource Among the Bayano Kuna in Panama -- 7. Beyond Anti-syncretism: Gospel, Context and Authority in the New Testament and in Thai Conversions to Christianity -- Afterword: Concluding Missiological Reflection -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Index.
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Christianity and culture--Case studies. Identification (Religion)--Case studies.