| Unknown God: Religious and Theological Interculturation Contributor(s): Grenham, Thomas G. (Author), Francis, James M. M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820471909 ISBN-13: 9780820471907 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions - Education - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 266.001 |
| LCCN: 2005044223 |
| Series: Religions and Discourse |
| Physical Information: 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the idea of religious and theological interculturation from a Christian perspective as an approach to evangelisation. It explores aspects of culture and pluralism as these have been interpreted in post-Vatican II approaches to mission and evaluates interculturation from a number of perspectives, including language, symbol and metaphor. It draws insight from two New Testament encounters of Jesus with women, in Samaria (John) and in Tyre (Matthew and Mark), and goes on to explore some historical sources of interculturation in the missionary endeavours of the Jesuit Matteo Ricci. A particular case study is made of the contemporary experience of an African people (the Turkana of Kenya). |