Reading: Bevans [Conclusion]

Is one model better than the other? Bevans has broken down five different models of contextual theology, each with both it's pros and cons. He also reminds us that each example of the individual models do not stay exclusively true to their model but borrow a little from other models as they apply their personal influence on the particular community they evangelizing to.


Bevans ends his book appropriately by mentioning that "within today's world of radical plurality and ambiguity, the best answer to the question can only be: 'It depends on the context.'" The context of this comic book illustration becomes funny due to it being out of context. Context, context, context. A text without a context is a pretext. The context of scripture, of course, but also the contemporary context—the Bible in one hand, the broadsheet in the other. The clash of two worlds: scriptura probat mundum.