• Contents
• Dedication
• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• List of Contributors

Part I Introduction

• 1. Why Appropriate? by Charles H. Kraft
• 2. The Development of Contextualization Theory in Euroamerican Missiology by Charles H. Kraft
• 3. The Missionary Encounter With Culture Since the Seventeenth Century by Wilbert R. Shenk
• 4. The Function Of Appropriate Contextualization In Mission By Darrell L. Whiteman
• 5. Why Isn't Contextualization Implemented? by Charles H. Kraft

Part II Appropriate Christianity

• 6. Is Christianity a Religion or Faith? by Charles H. Kraft
• 7. Contextualization in Three Crucial Dimensions by Charles H. Kraft
• 8. From Systematic and Biblical to Missional Theology by Tite Tienou and Paul G. Heibert
• 9. The Hebraic Covenant As a Model for Contextualization by Robert L. Gallagher
• 10. Meaning Equivalence Contextualization by Charles H. Kraft
• 11. Dynamic of Contextualization by Charles H. Kraft
• 12. Five Perspectives of Contextually Appropriate Missional Theology by Charles E. Van Engen
• 13. Toward a Contextually Appropriate Methodology in Mission Theology by Charles E Van Engen
• 14. Appropriate Hermeneutics by Shawn B. Redford
• 15. Contextualization and Time: Generational Appropriateness by Charles H. Kraft
• 16. Power-Giving Leadership: Transformation For a Missional Church by Sherwood Lingenfelter

Part III Proactive Missiology: The Challenge

• 17. How Appropriate is in the Church Growth Paradigm in Today's Mission Contexts? By Eddie Gibbs
• 18. Variations on a Theme of Appropriate Contextualization: Music Lessons from Africa by Roberta R. King
• 19. Appropriate Relationships by Charles H. Kraft
• 20. Contextualizing the Relationship Dimension of the Christian Life by Katie J. Rawson
• 21. Spiritual Power: A Missiological Issue by Charles H. Kraft
• 22. Appropriate Contextualization of Spiritual Power by Charles H. Kraft
• 23. Appropriate Approaches in Muslim Contexts by John Travis and Anna Travis
• 24. A Typology of Approaches to Thai Folk Buddhists by Paul De Neui
• 25. Renewal, Revival, and Contextualization by Paul E. Pierson
• 26. Appropriate Witness to Postmodern: Re-Incarnating the Way of Jesus In 21st Century Western Culture by Jonathon Campbell
• 27. Reciprocal Contextualization by Frecia C. Johnson

Part IV Final Word

• 28. The Incarnation as Matrix for Appropriate Theologies by Dean S. Gilliland
• Vita of Dean S. Gilliland
• Bibliography of Dean S. Gilliland
• List of Students of Dean S. Gilliland
• References List
• Scripture Index
• Author Index
• General Index