Theology as Contextual

"Theology is contextual language--this is, defined by the human situations that gives bith to it. No one can write theology for all times, places and persons." -- Ibid., xi

"All theology is in some sense a "local theology," that is, a system of thought that emerges from the interplay of the gospel, the church, and culture...The church has a double-lense perspective: one eye in on the foundational traditions of the faith, while the other eye is on the community and its culture, which comprises all the factors that make up the way of life for the people."

--Bruce Fields, Introducing Black Theology: Three Crucial Questions for the Evangelical Church (conservative scholar & professor of Biblical Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

SOURCE: Anthony J. Carver, On Being Black and Reformed: A New Perspective on the African-American Christian Experience