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Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Abbreviations

1. Modern Evangelicalism and Global Christian Identity

What is an Evangelical?

The Rise of the Modern Evangelical Movement

Western Missions, Other Cultures, and the Challenge of Contextualizing Evangelicalism

The Chinese Situation

Where Do We Go from Here?

2. Missions, Cultural Imperialism, and the Development of the Chinese Church

Missions and Imperialism, 1807–1911

Missions and Culture, 1911–1949

Gospel and Social Change, 1950s– Present

On Contextual Theologies, 1980s–Present

3. Overcoming Missions Guilt

Introduction

Context in China: The Arrival of Protestant Missions

Robert Morrison: The First Protestant Missionary

Liang Fa: The First Ordained Chinese Minister

The 1840 Opium War

Conclusion

4. Chinese Evangelicals and Social Concerns

5. The Old Testament in Its Cultural Context

Introduction

Non-Contextual Exegesis and Its Results

In the Academy

In the Church

Dangers Posed by Agenda-Driven Contextual Study

Contextual Criticism

Literary (Textual) Environment

Material Cultural (Archaeological) Environment

Geographic Environment

Conclusion

6. “Holy War” and the Universal God

Holy War in the Old Testament

The Five Phases of Holy War

Reflecting on the Ethics of Holy War

7. “Holy War” and the Universal God

“Holy War” and Modern Missionary Movements

Conquest Narratives in the New Testament

Conquest, Power, and Subversion

God and His Word as the Ultimate Warrior

Theological and Political Imperialism

Writing from the Margin

Prophetic Self-Critique

Beyond “the Colonized” and “the Colonizers"

8. The Group and the Individual in Salvation

9. Boundaries in “In-Christ Identity”

Introduction

Galatians 2: Freedom in Christ

Christology and Soteriology

Boundaries in “In-Christ Identity”

Romans 14:1—15:13: Christ as the Same Lord

Christology and Soteriology

Boundaries in “In-Christ Identity”

1 Corinthians 8–10: Christ as One Lord

Christology and Soteriology

Boundaries in “In-Christ Identity”

Conclusions

10. “Who Am I?”

11. Chinese Contextual Theology

Introduction

Listening from the Past

Jewish Diaspora in Pre-Modern China: Community in Kaifeng

Jesuits in Pre-Modern China

Islam in Pre-Modern China

A Preliminary Comment

The Bible and Cultural Identity

Hermeneutical Methodology

The Bible as Divine Discourse and Propositional Truth

Culture as Works and Worlds of Meaning

Sapientia as the World of Wisdom

Christology as the Basis of Triangulation

Conclusion

12. Forging Evangelical Identity

Portraying the Global Context

Caught in the Middle

Back to the Basics for Evangelical Identity

Theological Education for the Church

An Integrated Model for the Global Context

Restoring Piety in the Loss of Inwardness

Theological Education with a Missional Orientation

A Prophetic Critique of Culture

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