Originally I had a chapter on this topic in a book I was working on. Then I realized that it is not really appropriate for the book. So I turned it into an article. Consider this to be a DRAFT version of the article. Hopefully, it will be cleaned up eventually. PERSPECTIVES REGARDING SOCIAL MINISTRY …
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Flavor #5. Theological Development of Cultural Artifacts Ideally, a robust local theology draws from worldview, beliefs, and values. But not all theology is at such a high level. Theology can also be said to address the small and the mundane. For example, a worship service is a gathering where men, women and children mingle together, …
Flavor #3. Theologies of Cultural Patterns It has been common to think of the Philippines as an Honor/Shame culture, particularly in contrast to Guilt/Innocence cultures. However, tests from Honorshame.com for the Philippines bring doubt to this assessment. As noted before, the Philippines is rather globalized, and this helps give results that are a more mixed. …
Flavor #2. Localized Theology of Cultural Aspirations Every culture has its own history. That history has not only molded the culture, but also what that culture has as its shared dreams or aspirations. While these aspirations might be judged by others as good or as bad, they are never irrelevant. Many of the popular localized …
Instead of repeating myself, please read PART ONE. Now, let's move to the first flavor. Flavor #1. Localized Theology in Terms of Region Using the example of the Philippines, a localized theology for this country might be thought of as Asian, or sharing features of theologies of other parts of Asia. Emerito P. Nacpil claims …
The following is s from a chapter I am writing on Localizing Theology. I decided to talk about "Flavors" of Localized Theology versus "Theories" or "Models" of Localized Theology (I will use "LW" forward). The reason is that if one speaks of Models of something, there is the temptation of people to assume that one …
I received an email asking if I had developed any more my idea of the Evangelism Cube--- a fairly simple idea I had written up back in 2010. My answer was essentially, "NO." However, I had actually written a bit more about this topic in my book, "Ministry in Diversity," which I put together for …
Referring to the focus of studying missionaries in mission history-- An added bonus was the lively cast of characters. I have often wondered as I have studied missions history if there is any other field of endeavor that has been peopled by such a "crazy" lot. Many of them were, it seems to me, more …
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This is my second interview--- or more precisely, Q&A. This one is with Barry Phillips who has served in the Philippines for many years. The Phillips have been friends of ours for many years, so it is great to be able to do this Q&A. Barry Phillips Can you tell us about yourself and your …