Theology in the context of world Christianity : how the global church is influencing the way we think about and discuss theology / Timothy C. Tennent.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The emergence of a global theological discourse -- Theology : is the father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? -- Bibliology : Hindu sacred texts in pre-Christian past -- Anthropology : human identity in shame-based cultures of the Far East -- Christology : Christ as healer and ancestor in Africa -- Soteriology : is "salvation by grace through faith" unique to Christianity? -- Pneumatology : the Holy Spirit in Latin American Pentecostalism -- Ecclesiology : followers of Jesus in Islamic mosques -- Eschatology : Jonathan Edwards and the Chinese back to Jerusalem movement -- The emerging contours of global theology.