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By Simon Chan

ISBN-10: 0830840486

ISBN-13: 9780830840489

A dynamic bankruptcy of church heritage is now being written in Asia. however the theological inflections at its middle will not be good understood via outsiders. the printed voices of elite educational theologians have drowned out the cadences of Christian religion because it is spoken, lived and prayed within the houses and church buildings of Tokyo or Shanghai or Madras.

Now, in Grassroots Asian Theology, Simon Chan examines Asian Christianity at its day-by-day, maintaining point. There he uncovers a colourful theology that's authentically Asian and really enticing.

More than a trifling survey, Grassroots Asian Theology makes a major and positive contribution to Asian theology. Organizing his dialogue less than top issues of Christian theology, Chan appears to be like at how Christians have grappled with their dwelling religion within the context of Asian cultures and societies. Then, drawing at the church's broader culture, he issues the best way ahead. Chan not just probes and informs, he leads and demanding situations readers throughout cultures to obtain, dwell and speak an real Christian religion.

This is an important ebook for either outsiders and insiders to Asian Christianity, in addition to these drawn to the wider horizons of world theology. Chan reminds us that actual theologies are grounded specifically peoples, areas and cultures.

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