Contextual Theology?

An interesting quote...food for thought as far as how we develop our theological formulations...

"Tite Tienou and Paul Hiebert (2002) have suggested that while systematic theology is important for helping us understand such things as sin, another kind of theology, missional theology, is also needed. Missional theologizing, as they conceive it, is context-sensitive theologizing oriented toward formulations of the Christian message not only for Christians but also for non-Christians in diverse cultural settings. Systematic theologians historically have treated sin in relatively abstract and acontextual terms. Missional theologians, as Heibert and Tienou conceive them, ought to focus on producing context-sensitive theological discourses (on such theological concepts as sin) in specific cultural contexts around the globe."
- Priest, Robert J. “Experience-near Theologizing,” in Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity. 183. Edited by Craig Ott and Harold A. Netland. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006.