Communicating God's Word in a Complex World: God's Truth Or Hocus Pocus?Communicating God's Word in a Complex World reaches out to the growing number of missionaries, pastors, Bible translators and teachers, mission and theological educators and students dealing with communicating the gospel. This is increasingly difficult in today's pluralist and global contexts. What was God's message, and how has spreading that message changed through the generations? The answer to that question requires a hermeneutical process that seeks to understand the biblical text and the context in which it was originally presented. R. Daniel Shaw and Charles Van Engen say that contemporary proclaimers of God's word can model their approach after that of the writers of scripture, who reinterpreted and restated their received texts for their audiences. Thus, Gospel communication is impacted by the way humans know God. This, in turn, is informed by contexts. Communicating God's Word in a Complex World draws lessons from the biblical authors themselves as a guide for how best to present God's message. |
Contents
FAITHFUL COMMUNICATION Gods Intention in Communicating to Human Beings Textual Issues | 11 |
The Intent of Faithful Communication | 13 |
The Source of Faithful Communication | 25 |
The Message of Faithful Communication | 47 |
APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION The Communicators Presentation of Gods Intended Message Theoretical Issues | 67 |
Theologically Appropriate Communication | 69 |
Communicationally Appropriate Communication | 103 |
Culturally Appropriate Communication | 131 |
Enabling Relevant Communication | 179 |
Pursuing Relevant Communication | 197 |
Communicating Gods Word in a Complex World | 211 |
A Biblical Example of Hermeneutics Jesus the Lamb of God | 223 |
Discourse Analysis for Appropriate Communication | 227 |
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Author Index | 251 |
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RELEVANT COMMUNICATION The Receptors Understanding of Gods Intended Message Contextual Issues | 157 |
Seeking Relevant Communication | 159 |
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