States) live in an echo chamber; it’s so hard for us to hear ‘the voice of the Other’ over the clamor of our own incessant and redundant broadcasting. Second, we desperately need to hear these voices, for our own good and for the potential of increased partnership in the future.”11 Contextualization is ultimately about listening and setting aside our assumptions about what others need—or what we think they need—even if what we think has solid theological underpinnings. One of the problems contextualizers
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