Stephen Bevan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3455812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Bevan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Bevan |
| SIGNATURE | BEVAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Catholic Theological Union |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4862-8932 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Moving theology forward
This article summarizes and reflects on Pope Francis’s 2023 Apostolic Letter Ad Theologiam Promovendam , a document that emphasizes the missionary and contextual nature of theology. After a short introduction to the document, the article summarizes and reflects on it in five points: Theology is (1) missionary and synodal; (2) contextual; (3) interdisciplinary; (4) communal; (5) wisdom oriented. Francis’ perspective on theology is an important one…
A tribute to Darrell Whiteman
Darrell Whiteman was the Lifetime Achievement Awardee of the American Society of Missiology in 2024. This brief tribute notes his academic achievements and personal qualities for which he deserves the ASM’s highest award
Crossing Cultures with the Gospel
Islamic Inclusivism
This article responds to the claim that Islam is a religion of violence, which has fostered a generation afflicted with Islamophobia. To support their argument, the authors present several historical instances that showcase Islam’s benevolent aspects. These historical instances, elaborated upon in this article, include the Abu Dhabi Brotherhood Declaration (A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together), the Silaturahmi Tunne…
Pachamama Christianity
In the early hours of the morning of October 21, 2019, two right-wing Catholic men broke into the church of Santa Maria in Traspontina, Rome. They stole four carved wooden statues of a naked pregnant woman that had been on display and used in a papal ceremony during the Pan-Amazonian Synod that was nearing its conclusion and threw them into the Tiber River. What was the meaning of these statues and the ceremony in the presence of the pope in whic…
Tribute to Charles Van Engen
This short essay is a tribute to missionary and scholar Charles van Engen on the occasion of the conferral of ASM’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Annual ASM Meeting
First World War and Its Impact on German Lutheran Mission Societies in India. Special Reference to Leipzig Evangelical Lutheran Mission (1914–1916), written by Jayabalan Murthy
Syncretism and Christian Tradition
Syncretism is often regarded among theologians and missiologists as a negative process, even a betrayal of the gospel. In this book by Ross Kane of Virginia Theological Seminary, another view is offered, arguing that reasons for this negative view are often colored by colonialism and even racism, and they depend on too narrow a notion of revelation and Christian tradition. Every expression of Christianity—in the Bible, in the West, in the churche…
Mission Rediscovered
This review locates Kenneth Ross’s book Mission Rediscovered in the context of the history of World Mission Conferences of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, the latest of which took place in Arusha, Tanzania, in March 2018. The book is a commentary on “The Arusha Call to Discipleship,” a twelve-point call to mission that was approved unanimously by the conference participants. This is an ideal book to be d…
Translating Wor[l]ds
Translating Catechisms, Translating Cultures
A Theology Of Leadership, Not Management
Right at the beginning of his 2007 book, Spiritual Leadership, noted lay theologian Leonard Doohan writes that, today, "the understanding of leadership and or experience of leaders have permanently changed, and the change is so great that both writers and practitioners refer to a paradigm shift, a transformation, an awakening, and others simply speak of 'the new leadership." (Doohan, 2) As the term implies, such "new leadership" "is not leadershi…
Remembering the Reformation
Continuing the Legacy of Edinburgh
This article discusses the background and content of the Regnum Edinburgh Centenary. The article offers a “bird’s eye view” of the series that contain reflections from a wide variety of perspectives. The article also deals with reflections on the context and content of the series
News of Boundless Riches
News of Boundless Riches: Interrogating, Comparing, and Reconstructing Mission in a Global Era. Edited by Max L. Stackhouse and Lalsangkima Pachuau. Delhi, Bangalore, and Princeton, ISPCK, United Theological College, and Center of Theological Inquiry 2007. Two Volumes. Volume I: pp. xlviii + 273. Volume II: pp. xlvii + 284. No price given." published on 01 Jan 2010 by Brill
Workshop III Religions/Cultures Between God and Mammon
Models of Contextual Theology
Stephen B Bevans's Models of Contextual Theology has become a staple in courses on theological method as a handbook used by missioners other Christians concerned with the Christian tradition's understanding of itself in relation culture. First published in 1992 now in its seventh printing in English, with translations underway into Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, Bevans's book is a judicious examination of what the terms to contextualize mean. In th…
Models of Contextual Theology
Stephen B Bevans's Models of Contextual Theology has become a staple in courses on theological method as a handbook used by missioners other Christians concerned with the Christian tradition's understanding of itself in relation culture. First published in 1992 now in its seventh printing in English, with translations underway into Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, Bevans's book is a judicious examination of what the terms to contextualize mean. In th…
Models of Contextual Theology
Stephen B Bevans's Models of Contextual Theology has become a staple in courses on theological method as a handbook used by missioners other Christians concerned with the Christian tradition's understanding of itself in relation culture. First published in 1992 now in its seventh printing in English, with translations underway into Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, Bevans's book is a judicious examination of what the terms to contextualize mean. In th…
Workshop III Religions/Cultures Between God and Mammon
News of Boundless Riches
News of Boundless Riches: Interrogating, Comparing, and Reconstructing Mission in a Global Era. Edited by Max L. Stackhouse and Lalsangkima Pachuau. Delhi, Bangalore, and Princeton, ISPCK, United Theological College, and Center of Theological Inquiry 2007. Two Volumes. Volume I: pp. xlviii + 273. Volume II: pp. xlvii + 284. No price given." published on 01 Jan 2010 by Brill
A Theology Of Leadership, Not Management
Right at the beginning of his 2007 book, Spiritual Leadership, noted lay theologian Leonard Doohan writes that, today, "the understanding of leadership and or experience of leaders have permanently changed, and the change is so great that both writers and practitioners refer to a paradigm shift, a transformation, an awakening, and others simply speak of 'the new leadership." (Doohan, 2) As the term implies, such "new leadership" "is not leadershi…
Remembering the Reformation
Continuing the Legacy of Edinburgh
This article discusses the background and content of the Regnum Edinburgh Centenary. The article offers a “bird’s eye view” of the series that contain reflections from a wide variety of perspectives. The article also deals with reflections on the context and content of the series
Translating Catechisms, Translating Cultures
Mission Rediscovered
This review locates Kenneth Ross’s book Mission Rediscovered in the context of the history of World Mission Conferences of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism, the latest of which took place in Arusha, Tanzania, in March 2018. The book is a commentary on “The Arusha Call to Discipleship,” a twelve-point call to mission that was approved unanimously by the conference participants. This is an ideal book to be d…
Translating Wor[l]ds
Syncretism and Christian Tradition
Syncretism is often regarded among theologians and missiologists as a negative process, even a betrayal of the gospel. In this book by Ross Kane of Virginia Theological Seminary, another view is offered, arguing that reasons for this negative view are often colored by colonialism and even racism, and they depend on too narrow a notion of revelation and Christian tradition. Every expression of Christianity—in the Bible, in the West, in the churche…
Islamic Inclusivism
This article responds to the claim that Islam is a religion of violence, which has fostered a generation afflicted with Islamophobia. To support their argument, the authors present several historical instances that showcase Islam’s benevolent aspects. These historical instances, elaborated upon in this article, include the Abu Dhabi Brotherhood Declaration (A Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together), the Silaturahmi Tunne…
Pachamama Christianity
In the early hours of the morning of October 21, 2019, two right-wing Catholic men broke into the church of Santa Maria in Traspontina, Rome. They stole four carved wooden statues of a naked pregnant woman that had been on display and used in a papal ceremony during the Pan-Amazonian Synod that was nearing its conclusion and threw them into the Tiber River. What was the meaning of these statues and the ceremony in the presence of the pope in whic…
Tribute to Charles Van Engen
This short essay is a tribute to missionary and scholar Charles van Engen on the occasion of the conferral of ASM’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Annual ASM Meeting
First World War and Its Impact on German Lutheran Mission Societies in India. Special Reference to Leipzig Evangelical Lutheran Mission (1914–1916), written by Jayabalan Murthy
A tribute to Darrell Whiteman
Darrell Whiteman was the Lifetime Achievement Awardee of the American Society of Missiology in 2024. This brief tribute notes his academic achievements and personal qualities for which he deserves the ASM’s highest award
Crossing Cultures with the Gospel
Moving theology forward
This article summarizes and reflects on Pope Francis’s 2023 Apostolic Letter Ad Theologiam Promovendam , a document that emphasizes the missionary and contextual nature of theology. After a short introduction to the document, the article summarizes and reflects on it in five points: Theology is (1) missionary and synodal; (2) contextual; (3) interdisciplinary; (4) communal; (5) wisdom oriented. Francis’ perspective on theology is an important one…
Philosophy (13 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · History (9 works) · Religious studies (8 works) · Theology (8 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · History of religions (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works)