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The Salvation of the Un-evangelized: What the Literature Suggests

Enoch Wan and Robert Altstadt. Theology of Religions and Open Theology are two areas that are currently being discussed and hotly debated within the evangelical community. These discussions have brought to the forefront an issue that the church has pondered almost from the beginning. http://ojs.globalmissiology.org/index.php/english/article/view/107/307

The Blind-Spot of Apollos & Chinese Christian Missions

Enoch Wan. Apollos was a Jewish scholar from the outstanding cultural center of Alexandria. He knew the Scriptures well, taught about Jesus accurately and preached the Word passionately and publicly. However, his knowledge of baptism was found to be deficient, limited to the baptism of John. This inadequate understanding (hereafter as “Apollos’ blind spot”) hinderedContinue reading “The Blind-Spot of Apollos & Chinese Christian Missions”

Exploring Sino-Spirituality

Enoch Wan. Dichotomized Views: Western and Chinese Cultural Influence Chinese ministers from different backgrounds tend to hold different views on the spirituality of a servant. Generally speaking, those who receive Western theological training insist that the spirituality of a servant should include: having been called by God and ordained by the church, blessed with spiritualContinue reading “Exploring Sino-Spirituality”

Inter-Disciplinary and Integrative Missiologicial Research: The “What,” “Why,” and “How”

Enoch Wan. This paper will begin with defining key terms, followed by explanation of the “what,” “why” and “how” of inter-disciplinary and integrative missiological research. Hopefully Christian scholars of multiple disciplines will collaborate in conducting research and Christian leaders will become better stewards of resources and opportunities by making informed decision based on validly collectedContinue reading “Inter-Disciplinary and Integrative Missiologicial Research: The “What,” “Why,” and “How””

A Review of the Literature on Ethnicity, National Identity and Related Missiological Studies

Enoch Wan and Mark Vanderwerf. In this study, the review the literature will focus on publications on the theoretical background of “ethnicity” and “national identity” and related missiological studies.

A Critique of Charles Kraft’s Use/Misuse of Communication and Social Sciences in Biblical Interpretation and Missiological Formulation

Enoch Wan. This paper is written with a single purpose of providing a critique by answering the question whether Dr. Charles Kraft has used/misused the communication and social sciences in his biblical interpretation and missiological formulation. http://ojs.globalmissiology.org/index.php/english/article/view/120/346

Jesus Christ for the Chinese: A Contextual Reflection

Enoch Wan. The final article in a series, we examine three factors (i.e. historical reality, geographic proximity and cultural identity) that caused the traditional Chinese’s perception of Christianity being “Jesus Christ from the West.” A Sino-Christology is proposed which includes a method of “relational theologizing”, a definition of salvation as reconciled relationship vertically with GodContinue reading “Jesus Christ for the Chinese: A Contextual Reflection”

Critiquing the Method of Traditional Western Theology and Calling for Sino-Theology

Enoch Wan. This article is written as a warning that some Chinese Christians might have blindly swallowed some Western cultural elements (both the good and the bad) in the process of theologizing when receiving the sound Christian doctrine from Western theological tradition. This subtle form of westernization is not easily detected and the bad elementsContinue reading “Critiquing the Method of Traditional Western Theology and Calling for Sino-Theology”

Sailing in the Western Wind

Enoch Wan. First in a series of six articles concerning Christianity and evangelism within the contexts of the two very different systems of contemporary USA and the overseas-born Chinese, this article identifies elements of Western influence on Chinese culture and Chinese Christianity. http://ojs.globalmissiology.org/index.php/english/article/view/442/1141

Mission among the Chinese Diaspora – A case study of migration & mission

Enoch Wan. This study is about “overseas Chinese” (huaren) – people of Chinese descent residing outside of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Chinese people began emigrating from China prior to the 14th century and the outflow accelerated in the early 19th century due to a combination of push (population explosion, famines, political instability, etc.)Continue reading “Mission among the Chinese Diaspora – A case study of migration & mission”