The significance of the biblical-historical framework for translating and retransmitting the gospel : An analysis of the shape of Christianity among East Malaysian tribals / George A. Terry.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Prologue -- Statement of the Problem -- The Metanarrative of Scripture as a Precondition for Communicating the Gospel -- The Philosophical and Scientific Argument for Metanarrative as a Precondition for Interpretation -- Narrative Framework and the Interpretation of Scripture -- The Nature of Scripture as Story -- The Necessity of Critical Contextualization for Communicating the Gospel -- Critical Concerns for Contextualizing the Gospel in Animistic Contexts -- Conclusion.

Chapter 2 The Borneo Evangelical Mission Among the Lun Bawan of Sarawak

The Early Christian History of Sarawak -- Two Divergent Evangelical Christian Streams in Sarawak -- The Indigenous Approach of the Borneo Evangelical Mission -- The Pilgrimizing Principle: Making the Gospel Feel at Home among the Lun Bawang Peoples -- The Indigenizing Principle: Establishing the Biblical Framework for Explicating the Gospel.

Chapter 3 The Early Methodist Mission Among the Iban in the Third Division of Sarawak

A Historical Survey of the Early Methodist Work among the Iban -- Distancing the Gospel through Disaffirming the Culture -- Relativising the Gosepl through Affirming Iban Beliefs and Practices -- Summary.

Chapter 4 Missiological Dynamics for the Transformation of the Worldview in Conversion

Introduction -- The Cultural Situatedness of the Messenger -- Two Antipathies between the Western and the Non-Western Worldview -- The Universe as Integrated or Disjointed -- Truth as Essentially Proposition or Existential -- The Theological Consequences -- The Alienation of the Gospel to Non-Western Cultures -- The Alienation of the Gospel to the Metanarrative of Scripture -- The Cultural Situatedness of the Receptor -- The Helpful-Detrimental Dichotomy of the Local Context in Theologizing -- Illustration: The Pentecostal Charismatic Influence among Asian Tribals -- The Missiological Positive: A Contextual Prototype -- The Missiological Negative: Compromising the Metanarrative of Scripture -- Conclusion.

Chapter 5 Transforming Animistic Preunderstandings That Inform a Theology of Salvation Among the Iban of Sarawak

Worldview and Contextualization -- Convesion as Worldview Transformation -- Culture and Conversion -- Animistic Preunderstnadings that Inform a Contextual Theology of Salvation -- Anthropocentric and Pragmatic -- Iban Anthropocentrism -- Iban Materialism -- Iban Existentialism -- Polytheistic, Spiritualistic and Ritualistic -- Divine Immanence in Animism -- Placing the Divine and Iban Shamanism -- The Spirit World in Iban Oral Tradition -- Holistic and Relational -- Iban Cosmolongy-an Integrated Universe -- Iban Anthropology -- Iban Harmartiology -- Transforming Animistic Preunderstandings with a Biblical-Contextual Theology of Salvation -- Storying -- Grouping -- Theology of Suffering -- Theology of Worship and Submission -- A Theology of the Invisible -- Significant Redemptive Themes in Iban Culture -- Conclusion.

Chapter 6 Colossians as a Contextual-Theological Paradigm for Addressing the Problem of Syncretism Among Tribal Peoples

Introduction -- Colossians as a Paradigm for Addressing Syncretism -- Assessing the Context: The Philosophical-Theological Situation in the Church at Colossae -- The Pilgrimizig Principle: Unmasking the Worldview Differences between the Colossian Philosophy and the Biblical-Historical Metanarrative -- Reestablishing the Biblical-Historical Framework: The Gospel of a Sufficient Salvation in Jesus Christ (1:3-2:5) -- Opposing the Counterfeit Worldview Framework: The Soteriological Insufficiency of the Colossian Philosophy (2:6-23) -- The Indigenizing Principle: Contextualizing the Normative Message in the Colossian Language and Thought Forms -- Affirming the Colossian Culture through the Use of a Shared Terminology -- Affirming the Colossian Culture through a Contextualized Theology -- Application: Communicating the Universal Gospel in the Contextual Thought Forms of the Iban People -- Extant Forms of Syncretism among the Methodist Iban -- Unmasking the Worldview Differences-Cultural Aspects that are Incompatible with a Christian Worldview -- Antu, Mimpi, and Burong-Spiritual Omens in Iban Culture -- Sebayan-Life After Death in Iban Culture -- Manang (Shaman) -- Rituals and Piring (Sacrifice) -- Grave Decorum -- Contextualizing the Normative Message in an Iban Context -- Gawai/Piring-Thanksgiving -- Funeral Service and Spirits of the Deceased -- Conclusion.

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