colonization, colonialism, syncretism, uncritical concerns for social justice, and more. However, in simple terms, to contextualize is “to place (something, such as a word or activity) in a context.”29 Due to some evangelicals’ suspicion of contextualization, Amos Yong observes that “ethnic identities are minimized as having no more than biological significance, and historical and cultural aspects of Asian identity are accepted only as accidental to identity in Christ.”30 Contextualization in view