Week 6 - Bevans 6

Bevans uses Liberation theology as an example for how theology is contextualized in praxis. Praxis seems to mean the philosophical ideal of making your theory your practice and vice versa. The praxis model, with its focus on putting faith into action, seems to be exactly what the emergent Church is trying to practice. As a model, Liberation theoogy rises out of the culture of Latin America. It finds its roots in Biblical passages that demonstrate God's saving and delivering power to an oppressed people, which covers a lot of text! Liberation theology is a good model for praxis because it contextualizes both the needs of a culture with the true faith and practice of a biblical worldview. The emergent Church can identify with this as it attempts to shift the Western church away from just words and talking about mission to actually doing church in ways that is focused on mission.