Power and identity in the global church : six contemporary cases / Brian M. Howell and Edwin Zehner, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howell, Brian M., editor.

Zehner, Edwin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and culture--Case studies.

Christianity and culture.

Identification (Religion)--Case studies.

Identification (Religion).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pasadena, California : William Carey Library, [2009]

Summary:

Exploring how faith, culture, and power shape the global church Power and Identity in the Global Church: Six Contemporary Cases applies contemporary sociological, theological, and New Testament insights to better understand how God's people can, do, and should interact in the field, thereby laying the groundwork for better multicultural.

Contents:

Contextualizing context : exploring Christian identity in the global church through six contemporary cases / Brian M. Howell

Paul in Japan : a fresh reading of Romans and Galatians / J. Nelson Jennings

Contextualization from the ground : Longuda Lutherans in Nigeria / Todd Vanden Berg

Local language and global faith : choosing church language in the Philippines / Brian M. Howell

Identity matters : Christianity and ethnic identity in the peninsular Basque Country / Steven J. Ybarrola

Contextualization and ethnicity : millenarian discource among the Bayano Kuna in Panama / Eric J. Moeller

Beyond anti-syncretism : gospel, context and authority in the New Testament and in Thai conversions to Christianity / Edwin Zehner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-208) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-87808-637-4

OCLC:

1099352917