Showing posts with label Contextual Theology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Contextual Theology. Show all posts

Monday, February 09, 2015

Church and Context

I was sorting through some old papers from some years ago when I came across this paragraph I had written on Church and Context. What do you think? Agree or disagree?
Clemens Sedmarks says at the start of his chapter on Theology and Local Culture:
“Local cultures are expressions of God’s continuing creation. Theology begins with the human situation. It is a ‘second step’. The human situation has a cultural face. The concept of culture, which touches all levels of human existence, is one of the most difficult and yet basic concepts and needs to be considered in local theologies .... our cultures are shaped by implicit theologies” [1]