Here is an insightful quote defining what it means to contextualize the gospel message:
"Contextualization represents the careful and refined use of a people's cultural forms in order that the truth of the gospel can be correctly expressed in their language through a judicious use of their own thought forms."
Arthur Glasser as cited in Shawn B. Redford, "The Contextualization and Translation of Christianity," in Mission
in Acts: Ancient Narratives in Contemporary Context, eds. Robert L. Gallagher and Paul Hertig (Mary Knoll, NY: Orbis
Books, 2004), 284.
