Traditional ritual as Christian worship: dangerous syncretism or necessary hybridity?

A necessary task of missionaries in recent decades has been to help local Christians "inculturate" or "contextualize" their faith, although the criteria for doing so often came from outside the context in which new believers developed their understanding of Christianity. Highligh...

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Weitere Verfasser: Shaw, Robert Daniel 1943- (HerausgeberIn), Burrows, William R. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Maryknoll Orbis Books 2018
Schriftenreihe:The American Society of Missiology series No. 56
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Zusammenfassung:A necessary task of missionaries in recent decades has been to help local Christians "inculturate" or "contextualize" their faith, although the criteria for doing so often came from outside the context in which new believers developed their understanding of Christianity. Highlighting the voices of non-Western scholars, this work recognizes the importance of ritual and ceremony in the life of communities that seek to worship God in ways that reflect culturally appropriate responses to Scripture. The contributors -- some of missiology's leading lights -- discuss rituals, beliefs, and practices of diverse peoples, supporting the conclusion that orthodox Christianity is hybrid Christianity
Beschreibung:xxiv, 278 Seiten 1 Karte
ISBN:9781626982628

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