| 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 |