1. Foreign Theology Dr. Ernest Manges - EQUIP ReachGlobal

2. Objectives for “Foreign Theology” To understand the interplay of cultures in interpreting and applying Scripture. To accept that all exegetical and theological conclusions are culturally conditioned. To begin to distinguish between biblical absolutes and cultural specifics Core competency 5J-02 “Doing exegesis and theology cross-culturally”

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6. Theology Constructing Theology BibleCulture

7. Missionary culture Unreached culture

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10. Missionary culture Unreached culture Biblical culture

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13. Missionary culture Unreached culture Biblical culture

23. Contextualization

24. Contextualization “means that Jesus Christ, the Word, is authentically experienced in each and every human situation.” Dean Gilliland, “Contextualization” in Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, A. Scott Moreau, ed. (Baker, 2000).

25. “missional theology” Tite Tiénou and Paul Hiebert, unpublished paper, cited by Robert J. Priest, “Experience-near theologizing” in Globalizing Theology, Craig Ott and Harold Netland, eds. (Baker, 2006), 181.

26. Can we borrow from non-Christian sources and practices to express our Christian faith ?

28. Examples of good contextualizing or missional theology

29. The Trinity

30. Council of Nicaea 325 A.D.

31. Jesus Christ is “of one substance with the Father.” - Nicene creed, 325.

32. “critical syncretism” Kevin J. Vanhoozer, “One rule to rule them all: Theological method in an era of world Christianity” in Globalizing Theology, Craig Ott and Harold Netland, eds. (Baker, 2006), 103-104.

33. Council of Nicaea 325 A.D.

34. Dr. Manges with his Ph.D. students in the Philippines

36. Bahala naSovereignty of God ImpersonalPersonal Victims of forcesSubmitting to loving God We accept (passive)We respond (active) We seek for luckWe seek after God We use ritualsWe worship God We trust objectsWe trust the living God We live in fearWe rest in God’s loving hands

41. Original art by Kyle Manges

42. Dr. Ernest Manges EQUIP ReachGlobal