Gospel and culture : an ongoing discussion within the ecumenical movement / [print]
S. Wesley Ariarajah.
- Gospel and culture
- Geneva, Switzerland : WCC Publications, (c)1994.
- xv, 50 pages : 21 cm.
- Gospel and cultures pamphlet .
- Gospel and cultures pamphlet .
Gospel, and religions -- Church, world and kingdom -- Universality and particularity -- Theologies in context -- The church and the churches -- The task ahead
How is the one gospel related to the many cultures of the world? This question has been debated within the ecumenical movement from the outset and is now the subject of renewed discussion in preparation for the WCC's 1996 world conference on mission and evangelism. For even while appreciating the richness of how the gospel is expressed in differing cultures around the world, Christians today often have difficulty finding a common language in which to speak to Christians from another culture