JETS 42:2 (June 1999) p. 291 cultural contexts and philosophical presuppositions that are no longer relevant (deconstruction) shape all the christologies presented in the New Testament, creeds, the western and eastern churches, and the Reformation. 104 Hence, the goal of constructing a new christology must arise within a global pluralistic context in which the cultural and socio-economic conditions shape our doctrine of Christ (reconstruction). 105 In these countries, best experienced in third