Japanese Perspectives on the Death of Christ: A Study in Contextualized Christology

Download or read book Japanese Perspectives on the Death of Christ: A Study in Contextualized Christology written by How Chuang Chua and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study raises and addresses three theological concerns: divine (im)passibility, human violence, and eternal damnation. On methodology, the influence of biography, the problem of language, and the role of Western theology in contextualization are also discussed. Three distinctives of an evangelical approach to cross-cultural theologizing are proposed: the Incarnation as theological model; epistemic humility as theological virtue; and canonicity and catholicity as theological principles.