Culture and questions (6): Tim Keller
Posted by Paul | Filed under uncategorised
I found this quote today from Tim Keller, which fits nicely with what we’ve been saying here over the last few posts…
What is contextualization?
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I propose the following definition: Contextualization is not ‘giving people what they want’ but rather it is giving God’s answers (which they may not want!) to questions they are asking and in forms that they can comprehend. “Contextualization” ‘incarnates’ the Christian faith in a particular culture.
(Taken from this talk & pdf; HT: reformissionary)
Keller makes the interesting addition that not only does the gospel answer a culture’s particular questions, but it also presents particular challenges to each culture.
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