Foreign Theology Dr. Ernest Manges - EQUIP ReachGlobal Objectives for Foreign Theology To understand the interplay of cultures in interpreting and applying Scripture. To accept that all exegetical and theological conclusions are culturally conditioned. To begin to distinguish between biblical absolutes and cultural specifics Core competency 5J-02 Doing exegesis and theology cross-culturally Foreign Theology ?? Theology Constructing Theology BibleCulture Missionary culture Unreached culture Missionary culture Unreached culture Biblical culture Missionary culture Unreached culture Biblical culture Missionary culture Unreached culture Biblical culture Missionary culture Unreached culture Biblical culture Missionary culture Unreached culture Biblical culture Missionary culture Unreached culture Biblical culture Contextualization Contextualization means that Jesus Christ, the Word, is authentically experienced in each and every human situation. Dean Gilliland, Contextualization in Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, A. Scott Moreau, ed. (Baker, 2000). missional theology Tite Tinou and Paul Hiebert, unpublished paper, cited by Robert J. Priest, Experience-near theologizing in Globalizing Theology, Craig Ott and Harold Netland, eds. (Baker, 2006), 181. Can we borrow from non-Christian sources and practices to express our Christian faith ? Examples of good contextualizing or missional theology The Trinity Council of Nicaea 325 A.D. Jesus Christ is of one substance with the Father. - Nicene creed, 325. critical syncretism Kevin J. Vanhoozer, One rule to rule them all: Theological method in an era of world Christianity in Globalizing Theology, Craig Ott and Harold Netland, eds. (Baker, 2006), Council of Nicaea 325 A.D. Dr. Manges with his Ph.D. students in the Philippines Bahala naSovereignty of God ImpersonalPersonal Victims of forcesSubmitting to loving God We accept (passive)We respond (active) We seek for luckWe seek after God We use ritualsWe worship God We trust objectsWe trust the living God We live in fearWe rest in Gods loving hands Original art by Kyle Manges Dr. Ernest Manges EQUIP ReachGlobal