Imaginatively Missional
In the previous post on evangelical identity, we discussed Kwame Bediako's Theology of Identity. In part three, we look at Thomas Oden. I had the wonderful privilege of sitting under Dr. Oden's teaching during my doctoral work. I will be forever grateful for our discussions inside and outside the classroom. Thomas Oden Thomas Oden suggests …
Theology attempts to answer the questions of what and why we believe as we do. In answering those questions, theology forms the basis of who we are as Christians, or, in other words, it provides a sense of identity. That identity, while being worked out for the Christian personally and theologically, is expressed within a cultural context. Thus, …
Cultural fragmentation, pluralization and globalization have raised the issue of evangelical identity in fresh ways. These factors, along with the explosive growth of theologically conservative Protestantism worldwide as well as Trumpgelicalism and evangelical deconstructionism in the United States have prompted many to ask what it means to be “evangelical Christians.” Western evangelicalism has tended to define itself …
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