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020			_a9780802817600 (paperback. : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm76901833
035			_a(OCoLC)76901833
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050	0	0	_aBV2063 _b.H37 2007
082	0	0	_a266.001 Has 2007 _222
100	1		_aHastings, Thomas John.
245	1	0	_aPractical theology and the one body of Christ : _btoward a missional-ecumenical model / _cThomas John Hastings.
260			_aGrand Rapids, Mich. : _bWilliam B. Eerdmans Pub., _c2007.
300			_axi, 233 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
440		0	_aStudies in practical theology
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 220-229) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction. The cultural captivity of contemporary North American practical theology ; The critical theoretic correlational model ; The critical praxis correlational model ; The transformational model -- Biblical, theological, and missiological grounds for a missional-ecumenical approach to practical theology. Charismatic, missional, ecumenical praxis within the "one body of Christ" ; The demographic transformation of world Christianity and the twilight of "mainline" Protestant foreign missions ; Facing up to the tensions between the gospel, church, and culture. The conversion-encounter axis between gospel and culture ; The reciprocal relationship axis between gospel and church ; The missionary dialogue axis between church and culture -- Gospel, church, and culture tensions in Meiji, Japan. Tamura Naomi and his times: education from above ; The Japanese bride incident. Gospel and culture tensions ; Gospel and church tensions ; Culture and church tensions -- From evangelism to religious education. A vision for the Christian transformation of Japan ; The graded lessons and the testing of Tamura's vision. Encountering missionary opposition ; World's Sunday School Convention held in Tokyo -- Tamura's mature work. The principles and practice of religious education ; The child the center of Christianity -- Toward a missional-ecumenical model of practical theology. The contemporary significance of Tamura's missional-ecumenical approach to practical theology. Personal missional engagement at the congregational level ; Personal and academic engagement across cultures ; A tale of two selves in Japan and the United States. Participation in Christ, belonging to others, and realistic self-assessment ; "Was Judas saved?" ; Humility in the face of the unity and variety in the order of creation ; At play in the matrix uniting subject and object ; A tripartite, contingent relationality. The other(s)-I relation ; The I-self(ves) relation ; The relation to a context of ultimacy ; Conclusion: a missionary confession.
600	1	0	_aTamura, Naoomi, _d1858-1935.
650		0	_aMissions _xTheory.
650		0	_aTheology, Practical.
651		0	_aJapan _xChurch history _y20th century.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006039452.html
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