Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-374) and index.

World Christianity and theological reflection -- Methodological issues for globalizing theology -- Implications of globalizing theology.

Introduction : globalization and theology today / Harold A. Netland -- Pt. 1. World Christianity and theological reflection -- 1. Christian theology in an era of world Christianity / Tite Tienou -- 2. Anthropological reflections on contextualizing theology in a globalizing world / Darrell L. Whiteman -- 3. Globalization and the study of Christian history / Andrew F. Walls -- Pt. 2. Methodological issues for globalizing theology -- 4. "One rule to rule them all?" : theological method in an era of world Christianity / Kevin J. Vanhoozer -- 5. The globalizing hermeneutic of the Jerusalem council / David K. Strong and Cynthia A. Strong -- 6. Creeds, confessions, and global theologizing : a case study in comparative Christologies / Steve Strauss -- 7. The global church : locality and Catholicity in a globalizing world / Charles E. Van Engen -- 8. "Experience-near theologizing" in diverse human contexts / Robert J. Priest -- Pt. 3. Implications of globalizing theology -- 9. The challenge of economic globalization for theology : from Latin America to a hermeneutics of responsibility / M. Daniel Carroll R. -- 10. Globalization, nationalism, and religious resurgence / Vinoth Ramachandra -- 11. Bearing witness in Rome with theology from the whole church : globalization, theology, and nationalism / Eloise Hiebert Meneses -- 12. Theological implications of globalizing missions / James E. Plueddemann -- 13. Globalizing theology and theological education / Lois McKinney Douglas -- 14. The missionary as mediator of global theologizing / Paul G. Hiebert -- Conclusion : globalizing theology / Craig Ott.