I think of this part as a bit more straightforward. Cultural Anthropology is important in contextual theology. Consider the above image. The Bible comes to us as divine revelation that is embedded in certain source cultures (Ancient Jewish and Hellenstic-Roman particularly). If we accept that the canon of Scripture is closed, and identify that the …
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Is the Bible Translatable? Part 2
This is part 2. Part 1 speaks of different views of translatability. This part looks at some practical reasons to accept the translatability of the Bible. A. Since translation always happens anyway, recognizing the validity of translation helps ensure that distortion is minimized. This sounds backwards. Those who support the untranslatability of Scripture (whether it …
…As Those Who Will Not See
There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See According to the ‘Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings’ this proverb has been traced back to 1546 (John Heywood), and resembles the Biblical verse Jeremiah 5:21 (‘Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which …
Some Thoughts on Culture, Communication, and Missions. Part 1
I have been dabbling with communication models (such as the 3-culture model). I thought the basic appearance could be applied to cultures and interaction of cultures. I am very open to thoughts on this. Figure 1 shows two people groups. P People Group N Natural World (objective reality) associated with the people group C Culture …
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Christianity as a Subversive Entity
What role should Christianity have in the world today. Based on the title, obviously, I think the Christianity should, in part, have a strong subversive element. Consider some options. 1. Kingdom on Earth. Christendom. Europe and much of the Americas (obviously some other places as well) have had a history of Christianity being the dominant …