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Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity is unavailable, but you can change that!

One of the most powerful forces in the twenty-first century is the increasing phenomenon of globalization. In nearly every realm of human activity, traditional boundaries are disappearing and people worldwide are more interconnected than ever. Christianity has also become more aware of global realities and the important role of the church in non-Western countries. Church leaders must grapple with...

As Karl Barth has put it, we cannot justify, spiritually or biblically, “the existence of a plurality of churches genuinely separated … and mutually excluding one another internally and therefore externally. A plurality of churches in this sense means a plurality of lords, a plurality of spirits, a plurality of gods.” (Van Engen, 1991; quoting Barth 1958, 675) Yet we are also many members. Paul affirms the church’s oneness as a preamble to describing the pluriformity of the gifts of the Spirit that
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