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Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission

Dean Flemming

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Winner:Christianity Today Book Award -Missions/Global Affairs (2006)

To provide a model for today's missionary efforts, Dean Flemming examines how the New Testament authors--particularly in Acts, Paul's letters and the Gospels--contextualized the gospel for particular cultures and/or communities.

Book Details

  • Publisher: IVP Academic
  • Publish Date: Oct 12nd, 2005
  • Pages: 344
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.97in - 6.14in - 0.99in - 1.15lb
  • EAN: 9780830828319
  • Categories: • Biblical Studies - New Testament - General• Christian Ministry - Missions• Christian Theology - General

About the Author

Flemming, Dean: -

Dean Flemming (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) is Professor of New Testament and Missions at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas. A missionary educator for more than 20 years, he formerly taught at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary in the Philippines and European Nazarene College in Buesingen, Germany.He has written extensively on the subject of contextualization, as well as the New Beacon Bible Commentary on Philippians. He is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene and has pastored churches in Ohio and Japan.

Praise for this book

Active mission practitioners, missiologists, and theologians will benefit from and enjoy this excellent volume.--Bruce Campbell Moyer, Seminary Studies, Autumn 2009
. . . a fresh, timely and much needed resource. . . . a must-read for those who desire to reach persons--in their own contexts--with the gospel.--Michael Halcomb for Stone Campbell Journal, Fall 2007
Flemming has provided an excellent resource which will prove useful to both those preparing to work in other cultures and those engaged in gospel work in today's "postmodern" and increasingly globalized societies.--Douglas N. Campbell, Dumisani Theological Institute, South Africa, Themelios 32/3
"Contextualization in the New Testament is a welcome addition to New Testament and missiological scholarship for several reasons. First, Dr. Flemming has brought current New Testament scholarship into an effective dialogue with missiological and cultural specialists. Second, in a balanced way he has rightly taken contextualization as a New Testament missional concept for Paul and his first-century colleagues beyond the neutral sense of communication of the gospel into the realm of proclamation as an intentional engagement with cultural and political discourses. Third, this move promises some very fruitful rethinking of what, in the context of conflicting cultural and religious 'stories, ' doing mission meant then and indeed what it should mean now. Finally, Dr. Flemming's lucid style allows easy access to a profound discussion that will impact our understanding of the church's gospel task both ancient and present."--Philip H. Towner, Director of Translation Services, United Bible Societies