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In Christianity, Empire and The Spirit, Néstor Medina uncovers the cultural processes that play a crucial role in influencing how people understand reality, express the Christian faith, and think about God. He uses decolonial thinking, Latina/o theology, and Pentecostal theology to show how the cultural dimension is a central feature in the biblical text; was the force that coopted Christianity from the imperial era of Constantine onwards; and undergirded Western European colonialism and the missionary project. He engages with Protestant and Catholic articulations on "culture" and demonstrates how most theologians perpetuate Eurocentric frames for considering the relation between Christianity and the cultural dimension. Alternatively, he offers a theological proposal that recognizes the Spirit at work in the phenomena of cultures.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Problem with "Culture"
The Cultural
The Chapters
1. Toward a Broad Description of the Cultural
Introduction
Social Dimension of the Cultural
Contested Nature of Cultural Traditions
The Dynamic between Cultures
The Dynamic Character of Cultures
The Breadth of the Cultural
Religion (Christianity) as a Cultural Element
The Cultural and Theology
Concluding Comments
2. Culture in Early Christianity
Introduction
The Bible as Cultural Document
The Early Christians and the Cultural
3. The Cultural on the Other Side of the Imperial Mirror
Introduction
The Emergence of "Western Europe"
Constructing Knowledge Systems about the Rest of the World
Western European Imperialism: A Cultural Project
4. The Cultural, Missions, and Mainline Protestants Theologians
Introduction
Protestant Missions and Evangelization as Extension of Empire
(Re)Connecting Christianity and Culture (the Cultural) among Protestants
Reestablishing the Connections
5. Richard Niebuhr and the Enduring Debate
Introduction
Introduction
Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture
Niebuhr's Christ and Culture Reformulated?
Bridging the Debates on the Cultural
6. Reviving the Debates on Christ and Culture in Contemporary Protestantism
Introduction
The WCC and the Rethinking of Gospel and Culture
Rethinking the Role of the Cultural in the Christian Faith
Conclusion
7. Inculturation, the Catholic Church and the Cultures of the World
Introduction
Evangelization and Assimilation
Geopolitical Shifts and the Cultures of the World
The Culturalization of the Church: Evangelization, and Inculturation
Gospel and the Cultural: Theological Implications
Conclusion
8. Understanding the Cultural Pneumatologically
Introduction
Culture as Starting Point and Base for Our Reflection
The (Inter)Cultural and Divine Revelation
Final Remarks
Conclusion
Index
