Tim Hartman is assistant professor of theology at Columbia Theological Seminary.

"For those interested in learning more about African theology and who already have some grounding in the Western tradition, Hartman is a very able guide." —Theology Today"Theology After Colonialization is well worth the read. It brings to light aspects of Karl Barth's theology that have long been neglected, and it introduces Kwame Bediako's theological insights to Western readers in a sustained and thoughtful way. . . . The book is an invitation to a longer conversation about how to forge a post-colonialist and post-Christendom path together. " —Modern Theology"This is the first significant comparison of Kwame Bediako and Karl Barth and one of the few treatments of Bediako. Tim Hartman's volume is very rare in the fields of theology and mission studies." —Willie Jennings, Yale Divinity School"Tim Hartman presents one of the strongest texts, from the perspective of Western theology, that argues for the wider world appeal of contextual African theology; one of the best and perhaps the only courageous proposition I have ever read that presents Karl Barth as a contextual Western (Swiss) theologian without diminishing Barth's influence." —Elochukwu Uzukwu, Duquesne University

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Western Christian Theology Today 1. A Crisis of (Shifting) Authority: The Decline of Christendom and the Rise of Secularization and Globalization 2. Transcultural Theology through Juxtaposition Transitional Theological Interlude Part II. Rethinking Divine Revelation 3. Christological Reflection: Revelation in Jesus Christ 4. Contextual Reflection: Revelation, not Religion 5. Cultural Reflection: The Location of Revelation 6. Constructive Reflection: Imaginative and Prophetic 7. Collaborative Reflection: Learning, not Helping Notes Bibliography Index

Tim Hartman is assistant professor of theology at Columbia Theological Seminary.

"For those interested in learning more about African theology and who already have some grounding in the Western tradition, Hartman is a very able guide." —Theology Today"Theology After Colonialization is well worth the read. It brings to light aspects of Karl Barth's theology that have long been neglected, and it introduces Kwame Bediako's theological insights to Western readers in a sustained and thoughtful way. . . . The book is an invitation to a longer conversation about how to forge a post-colonialist and post-Christendom path together. " —Modern Theology"This is the first significant comparison of Kwame Bediako and Karl Barth and one of the few treatments of Bediako. Tim Hartman's volume is very rare in the fields of theology and mission studies." —Willie Jennings, Yale Divinity School"Tim Hartman presents one of the strongest texts, from the perspective of Western theology, that argues for the wider world appeal of contextual African theology; one of the best and perhaps the only courageous proposition I have ever read that presents Karl Barth as a contextual Western (Swiss) theologian without diminishing Barth's influence." —Elochukwu Uzukwu, Duquesne University

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Western Christian Theology Today 1. A Crisis of (Shifting) Authority: The Decline of Christendom and the Rise of Secularization and Globalization 2. Transcultural Theology through Juxtaposition Transitional Theological Interlude Part II. Rethinking Divine Revelation 3. Christological Reflection: Revelation in Jesus Christ 4. Contextual Reflection: Revelation, not Religion 5. Cultural Reflection: The Location of Revelation 6. Constructive Reflection: Imaginative and Prophetic 7. Collaborative Reflection: Learning, not Helping Notes Bibliography Index

Tim Hartman is assistant professor of theology at Columbia Theological Seminary.

"For those interested in learning more about African theology and who already have some grounding in the Western tradition, Hartman is a very able guide." —Theology Today"Theology After Colonialization is well worth the read. It brings to light aspects of Karl Barth's theology that have long been neglected, and it introduces Kwame Bediako's theological insights to Western readers in a sustained and thoughtful way. . . . The book is an invitation to a longer conversation about how to forge a post-colonialist and post-Christendom path together. " —Modern Theology"This is the first significant comparison of Kwame Bediako and Karl Barth and one of the few treatments of Bediako. Tim Hartman's volume is very rare in the fields of theology and mission studies." —Willie Jennings, Yale Divinity School"Tim Hartman presents one of the strongest texts, from the perspective of Western theology, that argues for the wider world appeal of contextual African theology; one of the best and perhaps the only courageous proposition I have ever read that presents Karl Barth as a contextual Western (Swiss) theologian without diminishing Barth's influence." —Elochukwu Uzukwu, Duquesne University

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Western Christian Theology Today 1. A Crisis of (Shifting) Authority: The Decline of Christendom and the Rise of Secularization and Globalization 2. Transcultural Theology through Juxtaposition Transitional Theological Interlude Part II. Rethinking Divine Revelation 3. Christological Reflection: Revelation in Jesus Christ 4. Contextual Reflection: Revelation, not Religion 5. Cultural Reflection: The Location of Revelation 6. Constructive Reflection: Imaginative and Prophetic 7. Collaborative Reflection: Learning, not Helping Notes Bibliography Index