Living Theology in Melanesia
Author : John D'Arcy May
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Christianity
ISBN :
Author : John D'Arcy May
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Christianity
ISBN :
Author : John D'Arcy May
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Christianity
ISBN :
Author : William Kenny Longgar
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,23 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9789980650214
With its myriad people groups, Melanesia has much to teach the rest of the world about what happens when Christ encounters local culture. This collection begins with a look at specific case studies of the Gospel's encounter with local culture in Melanesia itself, before turning to broader themes particularly raised by the Melanesian context. Case studies from Asia and the wider Pacific then throw further light on the incarnational process of encounter, demonstrating that there is much for the rest of the world to learn from the Melanesian experience. The book concludes with some penetrating analyses of the dynamics at work when the Gospel encounters human cultures for the first time. The process of critical contextualization of the Gospel is never complete, and is inevitably the product of conversation and experimentation. As such it is a communal process. This set of essays models one such conversation while at the same time enabling the rest of the church to listen in on important insights.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 39,10 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Christianity
ISBN :
Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 1991-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521383064
Am invariable guide and analysis to pressing issues of religious and Soviet change in the Pacific.
Author : William Longgar
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 25,51 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0473353229
With its myriad people groups, Melanesia has much to teach the rest of the world about what happens when Christ encounters local culture. This collection begins with a look at specific case studies of the Gospel's encounter with local culture in Melanesia itself, before turning to broader themes particularly raised by the Melanesian context. Case studies from Asia and the wider Pacific then throw further light on the incarnational process of encounter, demonstrating that there is much for the rest of the world to learn from the Melanesian experience. The book concludes with some penetrating analyses of the dynamics at work when the Gospel encounters human cultures for the first time. The process of critical contextualization of the Gospel is never complete, and is inevitably the product of conversation and experimentation. As such it is a communal process. This set of essays models one such conversation while at the same time enabling the rest of the church to listen in on important insights.
Author : Randall G. Prior
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 26,7 MB
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532658575
This book engages with a widespread contemporary dilemma—how do we do theology in a context where the cultures of the people are oral and not literate? The nations of the South Pacific, from their missionary beginnings, inherited an approach to theology that was dominated by Western cultural categories. The global movement of contextualization began to impact upon Pacific churches in the 1960s, and challenged this inherited approach. Significant changes have resulted, but the dilemma has remained. The dominant approach is still one that is defined by and better suited to literate cultures. The consequence is that theology remains an alien enterprise, distant from the life of the local churches, and distant from the hearts and minds of the indigenous people. In facing the dilemma, this book exposes the fundamental differences between primary oral cultures and primary literate cultures, and identifies the key factors that lie at the heart of the theological problem. By addressing each of these in turn, the author then paves the way ahead. He offers a methodology for theology that is rooted within the oral cultural context of the South Pacific . . . and potentially in any context where oral cultures are the norm. The consequences for theology and for theological education are profound.
Author : Theo Aerts
Publisher : University of Papua New Guinea Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Melanesia
ISBN :
There are various modern methods of an audience-centered reading of the Scriptures. One of them is an anthropology-inspired approach which assumes that people from these parts of the world come to the Bible with quite a different set of presuppositions, grounded in their own age-old traditions. This kind of approach goes purposely away from the well-established kind of reading which is based upon past Jewish history, ancient near-Eastern customs and archaeology, Semitic philology and so on. But without denying the value of these essentially sound segments of learning, is it really necessary that Melanesians should first plunge into Western academia in order to hear God's word? Or is it no longer true that "Greeks" must not first become "Jews" before they can become Christians? The articles gathered in Traditional Religion in Melanesia, and its companion volume Christianity in Melanesia contribute to the goal just described. They make clear that religion as such was not something that was completely new for "the pagans of the past," and that as a rule, too, they were rather selective in accepting the Christian message. This accounts for some misunderstandings, but also for some very positive ways of accepting Christianity.
Author : Neville Robert Bartle
Publisher :
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Christianity
ISBN :
Author : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780521607483
This study surveys systematically the full scope of Melanesian religion, from traditional beliefs and practices to the development of strong indigenous Christian churches and theology. Garry Trompf writes from extensive knowledge of the social and religious aspects and from his own experience living and working in Papua New Guinea. Melanesian Religion provides an invaluable guide and analysis to pressing issues of religious and social change in the Pacific. It provides a useful overview for readers with general interests in the South Pacific region, and in the formulation of indigenous responses to external institutions, beliefs and value systems. The Melanesian peoples of the south-west Pacific form about one-quarter of the world's cultures - cultures in which a deep sense of spiritual consciousness has engendered rich diversity of religious experience. Professor Trompf argues that, to be complete, any interpretation of the social and economic patterns of Melanesian life, past and present, must take proper account of this religious context.