Every month when Adventure magazine by National Geographic shows up in my mailbox I start dreaming about my ideal job. Fortunately it's not far from what I am doing now, but it is a BIG and somewhat complicated vision.
My ideal job would be traveling to different parts of the world living and studying the different shapes of Christianity in post-colonial, "post-evangelized" cultures. I would love to study with these different Christians and talk theology with them. But, in "talking" theology, I mean discovering what is the core biblical references...the core biblical theology, I suppose...of different cultures of Christianity. The dialogue with these other versions of Christianity would essentially be constructive theology---shaping my own theological arguments---and would be "cross-cultural Christian constructive theology." This process would include intense historical, exegetical, and philosophical content (not to mention multi-lingual proficiency). In some cultures, it may even be necessary to engage in comparative theology to adequately engage in cross-cultural constructive theology.
It's a dream.......
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