Majority World Theologies: Theologizing From Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Ends of the Earth (Evangelical Missiological Society Book 26)

Product Description As Christianity's center of gravity has shifted to the Majority World in the 21st century, many younger churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are now coming of age. With this maturing comes the ability to theologize for themselves, not simply to mimic what they have been taught from the West. As theology is an attempt to articulate through human language and culture and contexts the timeless truths of the eternal and transcendent God, Majority World churches have much to offer the West and the world, as they contribute to a greater understanding of the Lord.                                                                                Here is a collection of chapters exhibiting local theologizing from around the world, not just from the "big three" non-Western continents but also including the Middle East and indigenous North America. Just like Jesus (a first-century Aramaic-speaking Jew from Roman-occupied Israel) exhibited, the local is applicable to the global. And with Christ's call to his disciples to take his message to "the ends of the earth," this volume exemplifies the concrete reality of that today, not just as the message having been received but also as having been incorporated, synthesized, and rebirthed in new and exciting ways.   Review This remarkable compendium represents nothing less than a tour de force in our growing realization that the worlds of biblical and theological reflection can no longer ignore the sustained and profound work of majority world'scholarship. Furthermore, the notion of "mere Christianity" can no longer ignore the deeper reality that the faith "once for all delivered to the saints" is received and embodied by a growing Christian family with profound insights for the whole church with vital contributions influencing bible translation, systematic theology, and biblical exegesis. Timothy Tennent, PhDpresident of Asbury Theological Seminary About the Author Allen Yeh (DPhil, University of Oxford) is Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Missiology at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is the coauthor of Routes and Radishes; coeditor of Expect Great Things, Attempt Great Things; and author of Polycentric Missiology. He serves on the board of the Foundation for Theological Education in Southeast Asia (FTESEA) and the Evangelical Missiological Society (EMS). He has been to over sixty countries on every continent.                         Tite Tiénou (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is Dean Emerit's, Research Professor of Theology of Mission, and holds the Tite Tiénou Chair of Global Theology and World Christianity, at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He previously taught at Alliance Theological Seminary, was the founding president and dean of Faculté de Théologie Évangélique de l'Alliance Chrétienne (Côte d'Ivoire), and was director of the African Theological Initiative. He is known for his contributions to theological education relating to Africa.