A Christology of history and contextualization
Hans Urs von Balthasar’s mission Christology and Kosuke Koyama’s contextualizing Christology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21423852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacob Lett (0000-0001-5069-1063, Nazarene Theological College in Manchester, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-195 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Missiology An International Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8296 • E-ISSN: 2051-3623 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00918296221101619 |
| OpenAlex | W4281688248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
In this article, I put Koyama’s contextual Christology in conversation with Balthasar’s mission Christology and consider how they understand history, culture, and the “I” in light of their respective Christologies. In the process, I examine how different Christo-logics shape the nature of theological contextualization, particularly in the way they frame how Christ and, by extension, the church encounter the particularities of history and persons. In the end, I ultimately argue that Balthasar’s Christology offers the “theo-logic” for the dramatic understanding of history that Koyama is performing in his contextual theology and that a dual-nature Christology leads to a dual practice of contextual theology
Christology · Contextualization · Conversation · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |