Appropriate Christianity - Paperback

by Charles H. Kraft (Editor)

Appropriate Christianity examines contextualization in three crucial dimensions: truth, allegiance and spiritual power. With eighteen contributing authors including Sherwood Lingenfelter, Paul E. Pierson, Paul H. DeNeui, and Paul G. Hiebert, this compilation is a must-read for the student of contextualization.

Author Biography

Charles H. Kraft is Professor of Anthropology and Intercultural Communication in the School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary. He has taught contextualization since 1969 and addressed the subject in Christianity in Culture (revised ed. 2005) and several of his other books. He holds degrees from Wheaton College (B.A. Anthropology), Ashland Theological Seminary (B.D. Theology), and Hartford Seminary Foundation (Ph.D. Anthropological Linguistics). He served as a pioneer missionary among a tribal group (Kamwe) in northeastern Nigeria.