The Context of Contexualization: Revisiting Acts 15 from the Perspective of its Literary Context

Abstract

Most missiologists consider Acts 15 as both a biblical basis for doing contextualization and an example of contextualization. This study will examine the context of Acts 15 to see to what extent the passage suggests contextualization and in what situations contextualization could be applied.

Key Words: Contextualization, Cornelius, circumcision, Jerusalem council