Liberating News: A Theology of Contextual EvangelizationWipf and Stock Publishers, 1989 - 182 pages This book approaches the topic of contextual evangelization from the standpoint of "the poor, the powerless, and the oppressed." It is, as Orlando Costas explains, "written against the backdrop of the radical evangelical tradition in dialogue with other streams of the larger ecumenical church." |
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... commitment as well as understanding and praxis ; in a word , it means obedience ( Rom . 1 : 5 ) . To read Scripture in faith as a prophetic and apostolic text is consequently to interpret it in obedience , in meditation and in ...
... commitment as well as understanding and praxis ; in a word , it means obedience ( Rom . 1 : 5 ) . To read Scripture in faith as a prophetic and apostolic text is consequently to interpret it in obedience , in meditation and in ...
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... commitment to God in an almost sui- cidal political deed . Interestingly enough , the Book of Esther has no direct reference to God . Nowhere does it mention God explicitly . Esther's call for a fast and Mordecai's claim that ...
... commitment to God in an almost sui- cidal political deed . Interestingly enough , the Book of Esther has no direct reference to God . Nowhere does it mention God explicitly . Esther's call for a fast and Mordecai's claim that ...
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... commitment to and awareness of the sociohistorical reality of the worshiping community . Singing , pray- ing , and confessing the faith in the language of the people enable con- gregations to have an outreach ministry even while they ...
... commitment to and awareness of the sociohistorical reality of the worshiping community . Singing , pray- ing , and confessing the faith in the language of the people enable con- gregations to have an outreach ministry even while they ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 6 |
Contextual Evangelization | 20 |
CHAPTER III | 33 |
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