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The Diversity of the Integral Gospel Repurposing Diversity to Re-image the Global Church |
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Note: page numbers correspond with pdf version of study
Ch 1 Calling All of Gods People 1
Breaking down or Breaking through 2 Getting Beyond Our History 3 Going Down to Our Roots 4 Unavoidable Theological Issues Needing Resolve in Global Christianity 7 Contextualizing from Top-down or Bottom-up, by Outsiders or Insiders 9 Questions Facing Us Requiring Answers 10 Questions to Account for: 13 Questions to Be Responsible for: 18 The Relational Purpose and Outcome Unfold 20
Ch 2 Humanity Emerges, Human Condition Evolves ...21
The Emergence of Humanity 21 The Human Condition Evolves 27 The Mode of Christian Development 33 Successful Results or Relational Outcomes 35 The Fundamentals of Humanity 37 Ontological Simulations and Functional Illusions 41
Ch 3 Persons, Peoples, Tribes and NationsTheir Identity and
Comparative Issues in Identity Formation 48 Alternative Roots for Identity Formation 52 Identity Formation Rooted in the Word 55 Forming Identitys and Belongings Integral Context 64 Forming the Uncommon Context 68 The Whole-ly Identity Essential for Belonging 71 The Relational Outcome of the Gospels Belonging 81
Ch 4 Scrutinizing Christina Diversity .83
Whats Dissonant to You? 84 The Illusion of Consonance 86 The New Normal 88 The Litmus Test 90 The Underlying Nature of Language 92 Challenging Interpretations 94 The Basis for Challenging Interpretations 96 The Pivotal Challenge of Incarnated Interpretation 98 Perceiving Outsiders and Insiders 101 Contextualized by and in Culture 104 The Culture of Contextualized Christians 106 Paradigm Shift in Theology and Practice 108 Jesus Integral Approach 111 The Culture of Our Theology and Practice 113 The Secondary or the Primary 120
Ch 5 Repurposing Diversity .123
Transposing Diversity 123 Diversitys Purpose for Following Jesus 126 The Journey Repurposing Discipleship 131 The Journey of Chameleon Paul 140 Diverse Consonant Voices of One Coherent Witness 141 The Gravity for the Galaxy of Christian Diversity 145 The Diaspora of Gods Whole-ly Family 148
Ch 6 Re-image-ing the Church .151
Church Infrastructure 152 The Bodys Infrastructure 152 Grassroots or Vine-root Ecclesiology 157 Equalizing the Global Church 166 Reconciling the Church Intimately 168 Common Concerns and Implications for the Uncommon 170 Re-image-ing the Church 175 The Church Re-order-ed Anew 187 First Key Dynamic 194 Second Key Dynamic 195 Third Key Dynamic 197 Fourth Key Dynamic 201
Ch 7 The Color of the Gospel ...207
Diversitys Prism of the Gospel 208 Marys and Pauls Color of the Gospel 212 The Integral Gospel for the Global Churchs Wholeness 213 New Song News 215
Scripture Index (Primary Source) .217 Bibliography (Secondary Source) .220
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