Stephen B. Bevans

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Stephen B. Bevans (born July 14, 1944) SVD is an American Catholic theologian and is Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, USA. He is known for his work Models of Contextual Theology.[1]

Biography[]

Bevans was born on July 14, 1944 in Baltimore and is the son of Bert Bennett and Bernadette (O'Grady) Bevans.

He received his Licentiate in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1972. After his ordination in 1971 at the Society of the Divine Word, a Roman Catholic missionary congregation, he spent 9 years as a missionary in the Philippines.[2] He obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology in 1986 at the University of Notre Dame. Upon the completion of his graduation study, he started teaching at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, USA, until his retirement in 2015.[1]

He is the past president of the American Society of Missiology[3] and now serves on the editorial board. He is also a member of the World Council of Churches' Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.

His monograph, Models of Contextual Theology, argues that all theology is contextual, whether it is practical theology or systematic theology. On top of the two loci theologici, scripture and tradition, context, in other words, human experience, should be the third source for theological expression.[4]

Works[]

  • Models of Contextual Theology (2002). Maryknoll, New York: Orbis. ISBN 9780883448144
  • Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today (2004). Maryknoll, New York: Orbis (With Roger Schroeder). ISBN 9781608330287
  • An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective (2009). Maryknoll, New York: Orbis. ISBN 9781570758522.
  • Mission and Culture: The Louis J. Luzbetak Lectures (2012). Maryknoll, New York: Orbis. ISBN 9781570759659
  • Essays in Contextual Theology (2018). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004363083

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Stephen Bevans, SVD". www.catholicsoncall.org. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. ^ "Stephen B. Bevans". wipfandstock.com. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  3. ^ Shenk, Wilbert R. (2014). History of the American Society of Missiology, 1973–2013. Elkhart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies. ISBN 978-0-936273-52-5.
  4. ^ Bevans, Stephen B., 1944- (1992). Models of contextual theology. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books. ISBN 0883448149. OCLC 26014584.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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