The New Catholicity Religion_ Christian Ministry Bediako was the primary architect

Bediako was the primary architect of and inspiration for theological work that grappled with the realities of African culture

where he established the Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World

"--Francis X

is Professor of Old Testament Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago

taught at St

The New Catholicity Religion_ Christian Ministry Bediako was the primary architect"Strongly recommended." Religious Studies Review In the 1970s and 1980s new theologies, called liberation, and local or contextual theologies, erupted where the Enlightenment theologies of Europe and North America failed to respond to peoples needs. Now, globalization sweeps over the world with technologies that compress time and space, where cultures homogenize even as new particularisms arise. Following on his widely acclaimed Constructing Local