Contextual and Catholic: Conditions for cross-cultural hermeneutics (original) (raw)

Anglican theological review, 2000

Abstract

Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics: A Call One of the great and exciting facts of our times is that the Church has truly become global. "The whole of Christianity is undergoing a rapid `de-Europeanization,' a jarring demographic metamorphosis that is dismantling the thousand-year old idea of `Christendom.1But the change is not merely demographic. Christianity has become truly polycentric. In spite of the continuing financial power of the Western churches, the creative theological strength and the vitality of Christian faith in areas outside the traditional Christendom are remarkable. The theological voices from Third World countries are increasingly loud and clear. Cultures around the world have come to shape the human voices that answer and articulate the voice of Christ in hitherto unheard-of ways. It is also the case that when there is a clear lack of confidence in the gospel in the West and churches are increasingly marginalized, the gospel is lived out and witnessed to vibran...

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