Limitations of Evangelical Theology

1. Unawareness of culture-boundedness of Western theology that leads to an ethnocentric assertion of unswerving rightness.

2. Over attachment to those forms of Scripture that are most familiar.

3. Highly academic and disconnected approach to theology and praxis.

4. Philosophical presuppositions unbalanced.

5. Theocentric to the exclusion of human experience. High Christology, weak anthropology.

Contributions of Anthropology

1. Provides a better understanding of the culture(s) in which and for whom theology is done.

2. Provides a better understanding of language in general affecting translation work.

3. Provides insight into the meaning and relevance of cultural forms.

4. Provides clarity in what should be considered absolute vs. relative.