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I created a slide (still rough) that merged the work of David Bosch, Andrew Walls, and Wilbert Shenk into a map of the local theologies in history. We often think of theology as revealing universals that will be true for all people in all cultures for all time, but in reality theology is more about answering local questions that reside in particular contexts at particular times. The church gets into problems when it asserts that one theology is to be imposed on all other churches or cultures, outside of the one local culture where and when that particular theology was created. Reflection about God and creation, through the Bible, and with the church, while immersed in the culture, needs to be done for every context and time…

Today I’ll be liveblogging The Future of Global Theology event at Fuller Theological Seminary. It coincides with the public launch of the Dictionary of Global Theology edited by William A. Dyrness and Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, with Simon Chan and Juan Martínez serving as associate editors. It will begin at 11:00am PST and conclude at 2:30pm.

Please join us — feel free to ask questions as the proceedings go along…

UPDATE:

My deepest apologies — the room where the event was held had NO internet — wired or wireless. Wow. I had absolutely no idea of this beforehand. Again, I’m sorry and frankly embarrassed about how this transpired. If I can get a hold of some transcripts — my notes were sketchy because I was looking endlessly for web access – I’ll post them.