Interculturation: Exploring Changing Religious, Cultural, and Faith Identities in an African Context

Grenham, Thomas

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“…Starting from the concept of inculturation, a term which is widely used, we argue that the process of appropriation is better described as 'interculturation' , a term already introduced by others (Grenham 2001). The term 'inculturation' can suggest that one cultural reality is adapted to another, while the latter remains the same.…”

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Context and Catholicity in the Science and Religion Debate

Bom¹,

Toren²

2020

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Science and Religion from a Catholic Perspective 173Preface 'The debate on science and religion' and 'French-speaking Africa' make an unusual combination of fields of study. For years the fact that this debate was not related to cultural diversity was considered only a minor issue. The majority of participants in these discussions were from the North Atlantic world. Not even the effect of the cultural diversity within this North-Atlantic world was made explicit or studied. However, lately, and for several reasons, the 'Western' dominance in the debate, is considered to be too restricted, and there is concern that it does not allow for new understandings of what science and religion might mean. This book testifies to the growing interest in the different cultural embeddings of science and religion and proposes a theoretical framework that makes an intercultural debate possible.In our study we focused on the discourses of Christian students and academics from three cities: Abidjan, Kinshasa, and Yaoundé. This implied a thorough study of what could be called 'lived theology' and therefore an interdisciplinary approach was necessary. Although the Science and Religion interface requires some form of interdisciplinarity anyway, the current blossoming of interdisciplinary approaches in theology makes a proper theological perspective on the debate on Science and Religion even more necessary. Our aim is to relate the outcomes of the field research to a worldwide perspective of doing theology, and to connect with a broader scope of scholarly discussions. This study therefore makes a contribution to at least five areas of study. In the first place, it is a contribution to the study of world Christianity. This case study particularly presents a detailed analysis of how different cultural influences interact to form new cultural realities. This study secondly contributes to the broader field of cultural studies that is interested in the shaping of multiple modernities. In the third place, this study contributes to historical and anthropological studies that relate the broader science and religion debate to particular cultural and social contexts in which the debate develops. Fourthly, this study is also intended as an intercultural contribution to the global science and religion debate. And finally, this project intends to contribute to the development of the discipline of intercultural theology by exploring how local interactions of the Christian faith in complex cultural environments can contribute to a Christian theological conversation worldwide.This monograph is the result of a close and creative collaboration between the two authors, with Benno van den Toren as project leader and Klaas Bom as co-leader and principle investigator. Benno wrote chapter 1 and the first part of chapter 2 and made a robust contribution to the section 'Christianity in Africa'

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Context and Catholicity in the Science and Religion Debate

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2020

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“… 13 Thomas G. Grenham, The Unknown God: A Cognitive Semantic Perspective Religious and Theological Interculturation (Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2005), https://doi.org/10.1086/474945. …”

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Guānxì and the Centurion: A Preliminary Chinese-Indonesian Intercultural Reading of the Bible (Luke 7:1-10 as a Test Case)

Baito

2023

The Expository Times

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This article offers a preliminary Chinese-Indonesian intercultural reading of biblical texts. Taking Luke 7:1-10 as a test case, it examines the interplay of three variables: the centurion’s faith (Luke 7:1-10), gua¯nxì, and the Chinese-Indonesian Christian Mission. In doing so, it utilises Thomas Grenham’s intercultural theology as its conceptual framework. I argue that reading gua¯nxì and the centurion of Luke 7:1-10 interculturally will illuminate Christian Mission works in Indonesia. While focusing on the Indonesian Mission, I also promote a multidisciplinary approach to missiology for the global and plural context.

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Reconstructing Christian Culture toward the Globalization of Gospel Vision: Identity, Empowerment, and Transformation in an African Context

Grenham¹

2003

Missiology

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This essay explores the cultural phenomenon of globalization ushered in through worldwide economic market expansions, international travel, technological advances, and rapid Internet communications. These transformations are influencing and changing not only cultures and individual nation-states; they are also impacting religious meaning and faith everywhere. By examining the case study of the Sakalava people of Madagascar, who practice an indigenous religion known as tromba spirit possession, we can learn how this specific cultural and religious context copes with external economic, political, cultural, and religious forces. The research also explains how Christianity needs to interact with the Sakalava religion in reconstructing the Sakalava culture and discovering gospel values already present and active. This has worldwide implications for a Christian mission of evangelization. The article concludes by outlining some consequences for Christian evangelization that attend to the local and the universal impact of the gospel vision.

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Interculturation: Exploring Changing Religious, Cultural, and Faith Identities in an African Context

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Context and Catholicity in the Science and Religion Debate

Context and Catholicity in the Science and Religion Debate

Guānxì and the Centurion: A Preliminary Chinese-Indonesian Intercultural Reading of the Bible (Luke 7:1-10 as a Test Case)

Reconstructing Christian Culture toward the Globalization of Gospel Vision: Identity, Empowerment, and Transformation in an African Context

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