Living Theology In Melanesia

Author : William Longgar
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780473353223

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Living in the Family of Jesus by William Longgar Pdf

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 : John D'Arcy May
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Christianity
ISBN : UCSC:32106007358606

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Living Theology in Melanesia by John D'Arcy May Pdf

Author : William Kenny Longgar,T. J. Meadowcroft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 9980650214

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Living in the Family of Jesus by William Kenny Longgar,T. J. Meadowcroft Pdf

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 : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532658570

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Contextualizing Theology in the South Pacific by Randall G. Prior Pdf

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 : G. W. Trompf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1991-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521383066

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Melanesian Religion by G. W. Trompf Pdf

Am invariable guide and analysis to pressing issues of religious and Soviet change in the Pacific.

Author : Theo Aerts
Publisher : University of Papua New Guinea Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Melanesia
ISBN : UCSD:31822027828649

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Traditional Religion in Melanesia by Theo Aerts Pdf

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 : Michael Press
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978709942

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Salvation in Melanesia by Michael Press Pdf

Salvation in Melanesia explores the views of salvation held by Methodist, Lutheran, and Pentecostal Christians in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, uncovering the ways in which a Protestant theology of unconditional salvation through God’s judgment and grace has been combined with traditional Melanesian religious concepts of reciprocity, retribution, and obedience to cultural laws. While Pentecostal churches have offered new experiences of transformation by rejecting what they regard as the mingling of Melanesian culture with Christianity in other churches, they have also kept certain elements of traditional Melanesian spirituality. Meanwhile, today economic globalization and secularization result in new questions about the relationship between the people, the leaders, the land, and God. Michael Press uses mission sources and interviews to describe the different concepts of mission, their reception, the main images of God, and the relationship between religion and culture in Melanesian churches, as well as the factors that support or hinder personal transformation.

Author : John D'Arcy May
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 082641513X

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Transcendence and Violence by John D'Arcy May Pdf

The first two parts of this book present four detailed historical studies, filled with Geertzian "thick description," of the encounters of Christianity and Buddhism (universal religions with a high quotient of "transcendence") with various primal religious traditions ("biocosmic" or "immanentist") of the Asian-Pacific region, namely, Aboriginal Australia and Melanesia (Christianity) and Sri Lanka and Japan (Buddhism). In each case, the encounters represented a failure of the "great" traditions. In the third, constructive and theological part of the book, the author shows how an acknowledgment of these failures may provide a back door to dialogue.

Author : Theo Aerts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Christian art and symbolism
ISBN : UCSD:31822027828581

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Christianity in Melanesia by Theo Aerts Pdf

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 : Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118724095

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Pdf

Through a series of essays contributed by leading experts in the field, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology presents an introduction to practical theology as a major area of Christian study and practice, including an overview of its key developments, themes, methods, and future directions. The first comprehensive reference work to provide a survey, description and analysis of practical theology as an area of study A range of leading scholars in the field provide original contributions on the major areas, issues, and figures in practical theology Reviews an extensive range of methods for studying theology in practice, along with sub-disciplines in theological education such as pastoral care and preaching Covers developments in the discipline in a range of global contexts and distinct Christian traditions Shows how practical theology is relevant to everyday life

Author : Nicholas Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135299484

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Narratives of Nation in the South Pacific by Nicholas Thomas Pdf

A collection of essays which focuses upon local perceptions of the state, efforts to ground nationhood in tradition, the character of national narratives and recent transformations of the Pacific nationalism. Case studies are included from Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Samoa and the Cook Islands.

Author : Stephen B. Bevans
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570758522

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An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective by Stephen B. Bevans Pdf

A comprehensive work on doing theology as part of the Catholic ecclesial community in today's world.

Author : Jione Havea
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030743659

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Theologies from the Pacific by Jione Havea Pdf

This book offers engagements with topics in mainline theology that concern the lifelines in and of the Pacific (Pasifika). The essays are grouped into three clusters. The first, Roots, explores the many roots from which theologies in and of Pasifika grow – sea and (is)land, Christian teachings and scriptures, native traditions and island ways. The second, Reads, presents theologies informed and inspired by readings of written and oral texts, missionary traps and propaganda, and teachings and practices of local churches. The final cluster, Routes, places Pasifika theologies upon the waters so that they may navigate and voyage. The ‘amanaki (hope) of this work is in keeping talanoa (dialogue) going, in pushing back tendencies to wedge the theologies in and of Pasifika, and in putting native wisdom upon the waters. As these Christian and native theologies voyage, they chart Pasifika’s sea of theologies.

Author : Helen F. Bergin
Publisher : ATF Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781922239211

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From North to South by Helen F. Bergin Pdf

From North to South brings together the interests in Edward Schillebeeckx of eight theologians from Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia. In each chapter, theologians dialogue from a southern context with one of Schillebeeckx's themes or methods. Themes such as suffering and negative contrast experiences, political holiness, ecclesiology, God and the cross, resurrection and hope, and theology and culture are addressed. Attention to Schillebeeckx's hermeneutics lies at the heart of several chapters but is generally woven throughout. Contributors bring their particular southern contexts into serious dialogue with Schillebeeckx's northern thought. The book concludes with a response to the south from North American theologian, Kathleen McManus OP. In short, the book witnesses to the ongoing challenge and stimulation of Edward Schillebeeckx's theology.

Author : Carole M. Cusack,Christopher Hartney
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004178809

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Religion and Retributive Logic by Carole M. Cusack,Christopher Hartney Pdf

Garry Winston Trompf (b.1940) in his outstanding academic career has inspired scholars in the fields of Stduies in Religion and the History of Ideals. In this volume his collegues and students critique and expand upon the world of this outstanding academic. The book is divided into four parts, Melanesia, Ancient World Studies, Philosophical and Methodological Considerations and Historiography. Authors address Trompf's research in works such as "The Idea of Historical Recurrence in Western Thought," "Early Christian Historiography" and themes of Melanesian religion that Trompf address in "Payback." No study in the religions of oceania or ideals of millenialism should ignore this critical assessment of Garry Trompf's work.