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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...

the proliferation of multiple local, ethnic, or culturally specific “theologies” at the expense of any unifying framework transcending particular contexts. Hiebert calls for the church to move beyond both the colonialist and the anticolonialist approach to embrace a responsible, global perspective that acknowledges both commonalities and differences among peoples and that admits both positive and negative elements of local cultures and religious traditions. The arrogance of the past is to be replaced
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