A new global theology? Intercultural theology and the challenge of public discourse in a global church. Issue 2 (April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pieterse, Hendrik R.
• Is Part Of: Missiology. Volume 45:Issue 2(2017:Apr.)
• Page Start: 138
• Page End: 155
• Publication Date: 2017-04
• Subjects: intercultural theology -- theology of mission -- religious pluralism -- public theology -- public missiology; Missions -- Periodicals; 266.005
• DOI: 10.1177/0091829617696461
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0091-8296

Abstract

This article examines the potential of intercultural theology as a mode of public theologizing particularly suited for a global Christian church of extraordinary diversity today. Given the salience of "public" themes already resident within it, I suggest, intercultural theology has the potential to make a substantive contribution to the nature and practice of theology as global discourse. I explore three respects in which intercultural theology can assist the church in articulating its public witness: the demand that theology be global in scope, holistic in depth and reach, and attentive to truth.