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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...

For the moment this will disturb Western churches that see their theological formulations as complete and final. In the end, however, it can help us in the West see where we have sold out to our cultures and where Christianity is in danger of becoming a Western civil religion. It will remind us that the kingdom of God is always prophetic and calls all cultures toward God’s ideals, and that citizens of that kingdom are to form living communities that manifest the nature of that kingdom. In such communities,
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