Paul's Speech At The Areopagus In Acts 17 Analysis
The author defines contextual theology as "a particular and culturally oriented theology that acknowledges human beings as cultural beings." From this starting point, Khiok-khng explains that "cross-cultural hermeneutics is related to universal, cosmic unity through diverse and ambiguous contexts" (pg. 13). In other words, his quest is to try to ascertain how to explore and convey eternal truths from and for specific cultural contexts. His model for this cross-cultural hermeneutic is the apostle Paul's speech at the Areopagus in Acts 17 (developed in chapter 7). Khiok-khng would label Paul's method a "rhetoric of dialogic imagination," which used cultural and social items of Greek culture as a bridge to communicate the truth about the Gospel