Agreat deal has been written on contextualization in the past few years (see bibliographies
of Bevans 1985, Gitari 1982, Haleblian 1983, and Lind 1982). I shall not summarize this …

It was a breach with the past indeed. The Katayino, the great male initiation ceremony... is for
the Panare [of Venezuela] the culmination of the annual cycle, and to them the equivalent of …

How can a Christian brought up in the metropolis of Sao Paulo speak the gospel clearly to a
Buddhist raised in the mountains of Tibet? Every missionary confronts the difficulty of cross …

Winner of a Christianity Today Book Award Honored as one of the" Fifteen Outstanding
Books for Mission Studies" by International Bulletin of Missionary Research From Cairo to …

Contextualization is the art of translating ideas into a particular situation, place or culture. It is
fundamental to communication, which makes contextualization essential in missions. This …

THE TERM “contextualization” broke upon the slumbering world in 1972 with the publication
of the Theological Education Fund (henceforth TEF) report entitled Ministry in Context. The …

Charles H. Kraft key question for Christians who work cross-culturally is,“What is God's view
of culture? Is Jewish culture created by God and therefore to be imposed on everyone who …

" Culture's influence upon Christianity is easier to discern in retrospect than in prospect. If
history is our guide, one thing is sure: This age will be as syncretistic as any other? How is …

Incarnational approaches to mission are supported across a variety of Christian traditions.
Few take exception to incarnational mission in its most general meaning—somehow …

In the past, changes in behavior and in belief have been leading indicators for missionaries
that Christian conversion had occurred. But these alone--or even together--are insufficient …