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Preconditions for the Construction of an Orthodox Theology of Inculturation

Summary/Abstract: The term “inculturation” signifies the process of Christianity’s adaptation to various cultures, or the incarnation of Christianity into non-European cultural and religious contexts. Similar to the Protestant idea of “contextual theology,” this originally Roman Catholic theological concept received considerable attention from theologians of all Christian denominations, who started reviewing their mission histories in order to reevaluate it from the perspective of the theology inculturation. Orthodox Christianity did not produce its own terminological equivalent to “theology of inculturation”and “contextual theology” (although the term “inculturation” is mostly used in Orthodox theologians’ writings), but it certainly does possess a rich missionary history and, therefore, the living experience of inculturation. However, Orthodox knowledge of this particular matter is primarily practical, and not so much theoretical, but as the failures of Neo-Patristic theology in the field of pastoral and missionary activity of the Church becomes more obvious, one can easily recognize the need for authentic Orthodox theology of inculturation and, perhaps, re-inculturation. This paper is only a small contribution to this urgent ecclesial task, presented as a proposition or a blueprint of possible ways for developing Orthodox theology of inculturation. ▶ Key words: Inculturation,pastoral theology, missiology, contextual theology, culture, religion.

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