Week 2 Bevans Chapter 2

Reflecting on issues in contextual theology it seems apparent that the issue of a person being a participant or non-participant factors into their theological understanding of culture. I think one of the ideas that I found to be useful to further my understanding of contextual theology is the author's statement, "that the gospel can only really be faithful to the past if it is in touch with the present" (Bevan, p. 25). That to me sounds similar to C.S. Lewis great command that the modern theologian must have the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other.