Foreword to the Revised and Expanded Edition |
ix |
Robert J. Schreiter, c.pp.s. |
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Acknowledgments |
xiii |
Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition |
XV |
Introduction |
xix |
PARTONE METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS |
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Contextual Theology as a Theological Imperative |
3 |
Contextual Theology as Both New and Traditional |
3 |
Why Theology Must Be Contextual Today |
9 |
Conclusion |
15 |
Issues in Contextual Theology |
16 |
Issues of Theological Method |
16 |
Issues of Basic Theological Orientation |
21 |
Issues of Criteria for Orthodoxy |
22 |
Issues of Cultural Identity, Popular Religiosity, and Social Change 25 Indigenization, Contextualization, or Inculturation? |
26 |
The Notion and Use of Models |
28 |
The Notion of Model |
29 |
The Use of Models in This Book |
31 |
Procedure of the Following Chapters |
33 |
PART TWO |
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SIX MODELS OF CONTEXTUAL THEOLOGY |
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The Translation Model |
37 |
A Sketch of the Translation Model |
38 |
Examples of the Translation Model |
45 |
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The Anthropological Model |
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A Sketch of the Model |
55 |
Examples of the Anthropological Model |
61 |
The Praxis Model |
70 |
A Sketch of the Model |
71 |
Examples of the Praxis Model |
79 |
The Synthetic Model |
88 |
A Sketch of the Model |
89 |
Examples of the Synthetic Model |
95 |
The Transcendental Model |
103 |
A Sketch of the Model |
103 |
Examples of the Transcendental Model |
109 |
The Countercultural Model |
117 |
A Sketch of the Model |
118 |
Examples of the Countercultural Model |
127 |
Conclusion: Is One Model Better Than Another? |
139 |
Synthetic Tables of the Six Models |
141 |
Notes |
145 |
Index |
181 |