Back around 2014 or so I began writing a book on Theology of Missions. I took some of those for a class I was teaching n Mission Theology. After completion of the class, I got all excited about finishing the book. However, then I was asked to teach a class on Interreligious Dialogue. Being in …
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Six Robust Foundations for Contextualized Christian Theology?
One of the big trends in recent years in Christian missions has been to think about contextualization for cultures that place a higher value shame than on guilt. As work in contextualization for honor/shame cultures, three things happened. First, there was a growth in the realization that the Bible not only focuses considerably on honor …
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Missions Theology Chapter 2
Years ago I started to write a book on Missions Theology. I was teaching a course on it, and as usual, I had mixed feelings about the books I had available to use. Therefore, I started writing. But then I stopped. For one thing, I haven't had to teach the course again, so I lost …
Metaphors for Missions
I finished teaching an 8-week course in Theology of Missions at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary. I wasn't sure how best to do this, since this is the first time I have taught the course, and it is the first time it has been taught at our school. So I decided to hit as much as …