Suffering And Evil In Early Christian Thought (Holy Cross Studies In Patristic Theology And History)

[Alexander Rodriguez]

For the seventeen or so years of independence one of the ardently sought goals of thoughtful evangelicals in the newly freed lands of the former Soviet Union has been a national theology. The desire for culturally contextual-ized answers to culturally contextualized questions is, of course, natural and valid and one I value for myself and Christians everywhere. Also driving the case in our context is an understandable and palpable frustration with the means offered for this task by Western missionary educators. Economic circumstances being what they are, it has been easy for Western missionaries to travel and teach in the East while Eastern evangelicals struggle with the means to keep body and soul together let alone to pursue serious theological reflection. The challenging side of such a scenario has meant for some a semi-colonization of Eastern evangelical thought by the West in the last couple of years. Western approaches, modes of thought, starting points, emphases, and blind spots, all dominate the theological education project as Western texts are translated and Western teachers come with little or no awareness of the Eastern church's long history and cherished intellectual tradition. The positive side of the current situation for evangelicals in the East is the potential for cross-pollination and enrichment that typically attains when different cultures listen to one another. This essay hopes to be a contribution in that latter category more than the former.

Suffering and Evil in Early Christian Thought (Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History)

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