INTRODUCTION Unification is a ‘clashing’ of different social entities. It is a shocking process that two heterogenic states should be accustomed to the abruptly changed environment. It will also be a tough process that a socially accustomed entity meets with entirely different human community, so that it leads to much conflict in the realms of…
Year: 2018
THE STRUGGLES OF JAPANESE CHRISTIANS TO PRACTICE THEIR FAITH (1549-1945)
This paper discusses the impact of Japanese international and domestic politics on the Japanese government’s attitude towards Japanese Christians until the end of the Second World War. It reflects on the Japanese government’s reaction to the West’s politics and its effects on Japanese Christians. Since the arrival of Christianity in 1549 until the end of…
A MISSIOLOGY OF PHILIPPINE ROMAN CATHOLICISM ON OVERCOMING NOMINAL CHRISTIANITY
This article approaches the issue of nominal Christianity (in short, nominalism) as a challenge faced by the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) since Vatican II (1965), particularly in the Philippines. We will show that it is possible to overcome the common failure of almost all Christendom churches in overcoming the static maintenance religiosity of church structures…
THE PRACTICE OF THEO-CENTRIC COUNSELING IN A CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT
INTRODUCTION The 20th century has witnessed tremendous progress and transformation through the rapid development of advanced technology and high speed of information expansion and exchange. Due to this progress, the planet earth has been termed by many as a “global village” where its inhabitants are living in such close proximity that it is impossible to…
RELIGIOUS FORECAST IN BANGLADESH
HISTORY OF ISLAM IN BANGLADESH Bengal was the land of Hindus. Islam came to Bengal through the contextualized approach of Sufi Pirs. Later during the Mughols, economic and social privileges like tax exemption was given to the converts to Islam from Hinduism. Islam preached equality in the Hindu society under the challenge of caste system….
Editorial: BY ALL POSSIBLE MEANS
Timothy K. Park “. . . . I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.” (1 Cor. 9:22) The Apostle Paul, a great model for missionaries, confessed that he became all things to all people so that by all possible means he might save some….
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM’S COMMUNIST CONTEXT
This paper will first present the context in which the Vietnamese Communist Party came into being in the North of Vietnam and its governing system of the entire country after it took over the South in 1975. The next part will review briefly the Vietnamese Protestantism and the forms by which the churches do their…
THE STRATEGIC CONTRIBUTION OF MEDIA IN AFRICA
The following media ministries: Bible translation and Scripture use; Communication (radio, audio scriptures, television); and use of Films have different focuses that play particular roles in contributing to the unfinished task of discipling nations in Africa. Much work is being done here, some of the work being done in Southern Africa is highlighted. BIBLE TRANSLATION…
CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN ASIAN CONTEXT
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Many nations in Asia and Africa won their independence from the super strong imperialists in the 20th century. These countries also have been through times of political convulsions under the military regimes and historical transitions to democracy. The wounds of these nations from the past, especially from foreign exploitations are not completely healed….
THE ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY OF THE CHRISTIAN ZIONISM
INTRODUCTION (1) The founding of the nation of Israel (1948). (2) Israel’s recapturing of East Jerusalem from Jordan (1967). (3) The reconstruction of the third Jewish Temple on the temple grounds of Jerusalem (future). According to the Christian Zionism based on dispensationalism. All of the above: (nos 1,2, and 3) are all fulfillments or preparatory…