Contextual Theology for the Twenty-First Century

Stephen Bevans is Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD, Professor of Mission and Culture at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, USA. He is the author of Models of Contextual Theology (2002) and An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective (2009).Katalina Tahaafe-Williams is the Director of Communitas, a program of contextual and public theology at United Theological College, Paramatta, NSW, Australia. She is a coauthor of The Multicultural Toolkit (2005) and Mission and Ministry in Multicultural Contexts (2009).

This book will certainly be a valuable asset to anyone interested in contextual theology in the 21st century, not only in the Asia-Pacific region, but wherever faith life struggles to be contextual and relevant.

• Preface / Stephen B. Bevans and Katalina Tahaafe-WilliamsAcknowledgmentsPart I Contextual Theology and the Twenty-First Century Church1 What Has Contextual Theology to Offer the Church of the Twenty-First Century? / Stephen B. Bevans2 The Centrality of Contextual Theology for Christian Existence Today / James Haire3 The Cons of Contextuality . . . Kontextuality / Jione HaveaPart 2 Theology in Particular Contexts4 The Necessity of a Second Peoples' Theology in Australia / Chris Budden5 Context, Controversy, and Contradiction in Contemporary Theological Education: Who Bene 'Fits' and Who Just Simply Doesn't Fit? / Jenny Te Paa6 A Future for Latin American Liberation Theology? / Carmelo E. Álvarez Part 3 Contextual Theology and the Mission of the Church7 A Theology of Mission for the Church of the Twenty-First Century: Mission as Prophetic Dialogue / Stephen B. Bevans8 Mission as an Invitation to the Feast of Life: Revisioning the Ecumenical Understanding and Practice of Mission in the Twenty-First Century / Jooseop KeumConcluding Reflections / Stephen B. Bevans and Katalina Tahaafe-WilliamsBibliographyNotes on the Contributors