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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Page 117
... conversion is God's way of re- newing and changing the face of the church , so as to lead it along new paths and enable it to cross new frontiers . Conversion has a definite " what for ? " Its goal is not to provide a series of ...
... conversion is God's way of re- newing and changing the face of the church , so as to lead it along new paths and enable it to cross new frontiers . Conversion has a definite " what for ? " Its goal is not to provide a series of ...
Page 118
... conversion becomes a fun- damental reference in the interpretation and evaluation of other sub- sequent conversions that believers may have in the course of their Christian lives.11 It can be inferred from what has been said that the ...
... conversion becomes a fun- damental reference in the interpretation and evaluation of other sub- sequent conversions that believers may have in the course of their Christian lives.11 It can be inferred from what has been said that the ...
Page 119
... conversion from other types of human conversions . Christian conversion can be verified only in the concrete manifestation of a distinctive quality of life . This does not mean that there is a uniform pattern of behavior that ...
... conversion from other types of human conversions . Christian conversion can be verified only in the concrete manifestation of a distinctive quality of life . This does not mean that there is a uniform pattern of behavior that ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 6 |
Contextual Evangelization | 20 |
CHAPTER III | 33 |
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