Jukka Helle, Ph.D (University of Helsinki, Finland, 2018), is a Lutheran pastor. He served 17 years as a missionary in Thailand where he has taught at many theological seminaries and colleges in Thailand. He has co-authored many books in English/Thai for the use of Thai churches, and also many articles on Asian contextual theology (mainly in Finnish). He is a member of International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS), International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM), and Asian Liturgy Forum. Currently he serves as Executive Secretary for Mission and International Work in the Diocese of Kuopio, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations1 Introduction1 The Search for a New Identity – The 1970 Asian Bishops’ Meeting as the Beginning of the FABC2 Features of the Development of Contextual Theologies3 A Few Pioneering Asian Catholic Contextual Theologians4 Task of This Study and Its Method and Sources5 Motivation of This Study and Earlier Research on the FABC’s Theology2 Asian Contexts Challenge the Christian Gospel in Asia1 Towards Being Asian2 Harmony as a Major Element of an Asian Worldview3 Towards an Asian Understanding of Truth1 Asian Truth: Universal, Practical, and Non-exclusivist2 Dialogue as a Means towards a Better Understanding of Truth3 The Asian Wayfarer on the Way towards Truth4 The FABC’s Wayfaring Theology Challenges Traditional Understanding of Church’s Tradition4 The FABC’s Encounter with Asian Contextual Realities1 Word of God/Logos spermatikos as a Bridge-Builder between the Universal and the Local2 The FABC in Dialogue with Asian Religions3 The FABC in Dialogue with Asian Cultures4 The FABC in Dialogue with Asian Socio-Political Realities (the Poor)5 The Question of Sin with Regard to Asian Contextual Realities6 Logos, Christ, and the Spirit5 The Local Church in Service of Asian Peoples1 Searching for Asian Faces of Jesus2 An Asian Church with an Asian Face of Jesus: What Kind of Community, What Kind of Mission?3 A Theological Methodology Compatible with Asia6 Postscript: The FABC during the Pontificate of Pope Francis7 Conclusions: The Journey Continues1 Conclusion Based on the Postscript ChapterBibliographyAuthor IndexSubject Index