I have long struggled with the terms Over-contextualization, Under-contextualization, and Non-contextualization. Paul Hiebert (using terms "uncritical contextualization" and "non-contextualization) stated that the danger of the former is syncretism (unhealthy degradation of essential aspects of the Christian faith by non-Christian beliefs within the recipients' culture) while for the latter, the concern is a "foreign gospel" of …
