{"product_id":"contextualization-in-the-new-testament-patterns-for-theology-and-mission-9780830828319","title":"Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of a \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonored as one of the \"Fifteen Outstanding Books for Mission Studies\" by \u003ci\u003eInternational Bulletin of Missionary Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Cairo to Calcutta, from Cochabamba to Columbus, Christians are engaged in a conversation about how to speak and live the gospel in today's traditional, modern and emergent cultures. The technical term for their efforts is \u003ci\u003econtextualization.\u003c\/i\u003e Missionary theorists have pondered and written on it at length. More and more, those who do theology in the West are also trying to discover new ways of communicating and embodying the gospel for an emerging postmodern culture. But few have considered in depth how the early church contextualized the gospel. And yet the New Testament provides numerous examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs both a crosscultural missionary and a New Testament scholar, Dean Flemming is well equipped to examine how the early church contextualized the gospel and to draw out lessons for today. By carefully sifting the New Testament evidence, Flemming uncovers the patterns and parameters of a Paul or Mark or John as they spoke the Word on target, and he brings these to bear on our contemporary missiological task.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in insights and conversant with frontline thinking, this is a book that will revitalize the conversation and refresh our speaking and living the gospel in today's cultures, whether in traditional, modern or emergent contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean Flemming\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D., Aberdeen) teaches New Testament at European Nazarene College, Büsingen, Germany. He formerly taught at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary in the Republic of the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413710016786,"sku":"9780830828319","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_39f1e173-d77f-4417-a4ed-464b1d0f3bdc.jpg?v=1729356957","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/contextualization-in-the-new-testament-patterns-for-theology-and-mission-9780830828319","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}