I am not a narrative theologian. I am not ever all that sure what training I would need to earn that title. However, I am interested in storying and orality and what Tom Steffen and William Bjoraker calls "oral hermeneutics." I have written a couple of articles in the last few weeks. One of them …
Month: February 2023
Lessons in Missions History
I will be teaching a max-flex course in History of Christian Missions at Faith Bible College (https://www.faithbiblecollege.com/) this Summer. Here are a few of the lesson presentations: Lesson One: Mission Movements Overview (https://www.slideserve.com/RMunson286/missionary-movements) Lesson Two: Missions of the Primitive Church. (https://www.slideserve.com/RMunson286/missions-of-the-early-church) Lesson Three: Missions History During the Roman Empire. (https://www.slideserve.com/RMunson286/lesson-three-missions-in-the-latter-yars-of-the-roman-empire) Lesson Four: Missions of the …
Quote on “The Kiljoy Objection”
Stanley Grenz and Roger Olson describe the Kiljoy Objection to Professional theology in terms of a question: "Why examine everything? Why not just have simple faith? Aren't we supposed to be like little children and not question everything?" Their answer is excellent in my view: Too many people confuse "simple, childlike faith" with "simplistic and …
Thoughts on Localization of Theology
I have been working on a couple of articles. One of them I decided to remove a large section. I will include it here. Most of it comes from parts of my books on on Interreligious Dialoge and Theology of Mission (using some of the work of David Hesselgrave, Stephen Bevans, and Paul Hiebert). Theology …