Releasing Dependency on Western Culture in Efforts to Contextualize Christian Theology and Education in Asia
Year: 2020
Type: preprint
Abstract: Contextualization in theology is an interesting thing to observe because thedevelopment of theology cannot be separated from culture. And nowadays westernthoughts greatly influence theology in the world, including in Asia. This is due tothe large number of theologians from parts of the western world who pour theirmain thoughts in books that are made into literature by theologians today intheology and in the world of Christian education. This paper tries to look from adifferent perspective where Christian theology and education should be based onthe culture that has developed in Asian society. It is hoped that the ideas of localtheologians will emerge who have influenced the development of theology in Asia.Through the method of studying literature from Asian theologians and observingthe phenomena that occur, the writer tries to give the idea that in doing theologyand developing Christian education it is necessary to explore Asian local wisdomand release the dependence on Western theology.
Source: OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Author: Septerianus Waruwu
Institution: Real Christian Institute Batam
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4244889024