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Indian Evangelical Theology

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Theology in its literal meaning is referred to as the study of the nature of God and the religious belief. The term ‘evangelical’ refers to the sole authority of the open Bible. So the whole concept of ‘evangelical theology’ can be derived as the study of God and considering the Bible as the primary authority for the same. There were times when Indian theological thoughts were highly influenced by the Western theological articulations, which were mostly hostile to the Indian Society. Especially the Hindus in India were completely against Christianity calling it to be a foreign religion. So there arouse concepts such as contextualization.
1. Shortcomings of existing Indian Evangelical Theology
1.1. It is very narrow in its nature
The Indian evangelical theology is mostly narrow in the concepts as it is derived and formulated. Moreover it does not even accommodate the other new insights of theology. They are hostile to stretch themselves towards such …show more content…

An authentic Indian Evangelical theology needs to be developed in the frontier between the Bible and the cultural and social aspects of this time. M.M.Thomas considered theology as a word which is confronting the world and hence it need to be contemporary to the context. It must be a turn from alien and strange western experiences towards the experiences of people in India. Hence it must be an interaction between the message and situation. This situation is aroused from experience and circumstances. For Rev. Dr.Huang Po Ho, Theology is a confession informed by a living encounter with the Divine in the socio-political and economic context in which a faith community seeks to realize the will of God. And this is shaped by the personal or collective identity within a particular period of time and context. Christian theology is the refection informed by the life and witness of Jesus Christ on their involvement in human struggles or social praxis through the

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