The Challenges and Responsibilifies of Contextual Theology

Reading from this Place: Social Location and Biblical Interpretation , Fernando F. Segovia and Mary Ann Tolbert (eds)
Local Theology: Church Community in Dialogue , John Reader
Models of Contextual Theology , Stephen B. Bevans     

从处境神学认识三自爱国运动与神学思想建设

本文以处境神学为切入点,阐述了作者对中国基督教三自爱国运动和神学思想建设的认识。作者作为“文革”后成长起来的新一代中国青年基督徒认为,今天的青年基督徒在对“三自爱国运动”缺乏亲身体验和感性认识的情况下,除了从历史课本中认识“三自爱国运动”之外,更需要从神学的层面来认识和理解“三自爱国运动”。作者运用处境神学的方法分析了教会史中的一些典型事件,并得出结论认为,“三自爱国运动”的思路与处境神学的思路是一致的,“三自爱国运动”的产生是中国教会神学思想发展的结果,它是中国基督徒面对新处境的新思考,带来的新行动;同时,作者认为,“神学思想建设”作为“三自爱国运动”的延续,是中国教会在二十世纪末和二十一世纪乃至更长的时间内,为适应中国社会主义社会而做出的努力。     

The Lived Experience of Dementia: Developing a Contextual Theology

A variety of themes are explored as the basis for developing a contextual theology of dementia. These include impairment, loss, dislocation, isolation, decline, and death. These themes represent immanent human concerns with various kinds of experiences of “self-emptying.” It is suggested that dementia presents a kind of “malaise of immanence,” within which there is progressive inability to focus on abstract transcendent concerns, and increasing preoccupation with the immediate immanent context. A contextual theology of dementia that exaggerates the importance of the immanent frame is likely to emphasize, and draw to our attention, concern about such things within that frame as cognitive decline, dependence upon others for care, and loss of hope. However, a Christological perspective is offered within which it is acknowledged that such places of self-emptying are also places of transcendent encounter, and that in Christ we may understand the participation of God in the darkest moments of human experience.     

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Asian Contextual Theology in relation to Minjung and Prajna of Inter‐being

Abstract: Dietrich Bonhoeffer remains an influential figure in inspiring Asian contextual theology of minjung (the poor). In addition to political reading of minjung, a Buddhist wisdom (prajna) offers a basis for understanding of religious dimension of minjung. However, there has been no discussion about Bonhoeffer's legacy of theology after Auschwitz in critical dialogue with Asian contextual theology.     

Academic Theology Centered on Practical Theology

This article argues that there are considerable advantages for society, university, theology and the church to conduct theological research and education of pastors at a secular state university like the University of Copenhagen. The disadvantage is foremost that learning from a practice‐theory‐practice model is not found in theological education at the secular university. In the case of Denmark, this is, however, more due to the theology and set up of the church than to the university, where it is commonplace to integrate practice in academic studies.