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Bible Translations for Muslim Readers

February 07, 2011 by Vern Sheridan Poythress

Tags: bible, bible translation, contextualization, muslim

What wisdom is needed in producing Bible translations for Muslims? An article recently published in Christianity Today by Collin Hansen, entitled "The Son and the Crescent" (February, 2011): 19-23...

Learning From Our Mistakes

September 01, 2010 by Rick Wood

Tags: contextualization, missionary, syncretism

What happens when missionaries teach that the only way of salvation is for a people to completely reject their own culture and accept the “Christian” culture of the missionary? What is the result...

Making Jesus Known
Native Americans Lead the Way in Reaching Their Own People

September 01, 2010 by Vern Sheridan Poythress

Tags: contextualization, native american, syncretism

Disruptive Missiology Part 3
In Communication, Context is Everything

November 01, 2007 by Greg H. Parsons

Tags: contextualization, missiology

When I was in grade school, one of my teachers asked me if I was a Christian. It was the end of the school year as I recall, and in my excited attempt to witness at this apparent “open door” I...

When Our Message Falls Flat

May 01, 2006 by Greg H. Parsons

Tags: contextualization

We all like things a certain way – from how we like our eggs cooked, to serious things like how we communicate Jesus. Our backgrounds and experiences shape our preferences of church, emphases in...

Minimizing the Bible?
Seeker-Driven Pastors and Radical Contextualization in Missions

January 01, 2006 by John Piper

Tags: contextualization, jesus movements

Editor’s note: our September-October cover theme, “Can We Trust Insider Movements?”, prompted a lot of response, and in these pages we give you a sampler of the subsequent conversation. The...

Editorial Comment

January 01, 2006 by Ralph D. Winter

Tags: contextualization, jesus movements

Dear Reader,

I need to connect for you the tie that binds the two major themes of this issue – the mystery of “insider movements” and the nitty-gritty of prioritizing some people groups above...

Contextualization Among Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists
A Focus on "Insider Movements"

September 01, 2005 by John and Anna Travis

Tags: contextualization, jesus movements

Much has been written over the past 25 years on the application of contextualization in ministry among Muslims. In 1998 I (John) wrote an article for the Evangelical Missions Quarterly in which I...

Pursuing Faith, Not Religion
the Liberating Quest for Contextualization

September 01, 2005 by Charles Kraft

Tags: contextualization

The following is excerpted from chapters 5 and 6 of Appropriate Christianity (William Carey Library Publishers, 2005).

It is not widely understood either outside of or even inside of Christianity...

Can We Trust Insider Movements

September 01, 2005 by

Tags: c-scale, contextualization, jesus movements