Contents

Preface
David Emmanuel Singh and Bernard C. Farr

Part One: Christian Thinking in Context
Culture from an Evangelical Perspective
Carver T. Yu
Towards an Evangelical Approach to Religions and Cultures
Hwa Yung
African Initiated Churches
Terence Ranger
Inculturation: Historical Background, Theological Foundations and Contem-
porary Questions
Brian Stanley
The Bible and Culture in the Shaping of Asian Theology
Carver T. Yu
Conflicting Roles of the Bible and Culture in Shaping Asian Theology
V. Devasahayam
Indian Contribution to Contemporary Mission Pneumatology
Kirsteen Kim
The Creation of Afro-Caribbean Religions and their Incorporation of Christian
Elements: A Critique against Syncretism
Bettina E. Schmidt

Part Two: Christian Political Thinking in Context
Christian Reflections on Indian Political Developments
M.M. Thomas
Rights, Law and Political Community: A Theological and Historical Perspec-
tive
Joan L. O’Donovan
Church and Politics in Kenya
David M. Gitari
Evangelicalism and Politics: A Comparison between Africa and Latin America
Paul C. Freston
Towards an Evangelical Political Philosophy and Agenda for Christians in the
United States
Ronald J. Sider
Towards a Latin American Pentecostal Political Praxis
Douglas Petersen

Part Three: Christian Family in Context
Family, Covenant and Kingdom of God: Biblical Reflections
Chris J.H. Wright
Redeeming the South Asian Family: Mission as Extending the Household of
God
Charles Hoole
Family and Faith
Ida Glaser and David Zac Niringiye
Cultural/Religious Factors in our Understanding of Family
Gloria L. Kwashi
Slavery and Family Life in the Seychelles
French Chang-Him
Bibliography

Index

This volume marks an important milestone, the 25th anniversary of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS). The papers here have been exclusively sourced from Transformation, a quarterly journal of OCMS, and seek to provide a tripartite view of Christianity’s engagement with cultures by focusing on the question: how is Christian thinking being formed or reformed through its interaction with the varied contexts it encounters? The subject matters include different strands of theological-missiological thinking, socio-political engagements and forms of family relationships in interaction with the host cultures.