Synopsis

Contextualisation is the process that seeks to enable a particular context to make sense of the Gospel, where the Christian faith is thoroughly biblically grounded and at the same time, culturally relevant.  It is the process that responds to questions, such as, “Can one be a Christian and yet hold on to one’s cultural norms?” and “What does it mean to be a/an Chinese/Malay/Indian/Eurasian (or any other ethnicity) Christian?”  To this end, this course explores the processes by which contextualisation has been carried out in missions, in developing robust local expressions of the Christian faith throughout world Christianity.

Biodata

Rev Dr Andrew Peh, PhD (Asbury Theological Seminary), lectures in the area of mission and mission history at Trinity Theological College. His interests are in the history of Christianity in Asia and mission trends in the 21st century. He also serves in the Chinese Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Singapore as a diaconal minister appointed to Bukit Panjang Methodist Church.