This study engages David Tracy's input as a (Roman Catholic) theologian of culture. As an exercise in inter-cultural and ecumenical theology, this is an attempt to understand and dialogue with Tracy's revised correlational theology of culture from an evangelical, missional standpoint that recognizes the transcultural truth of biblical revelation. From this vantage point and cognizant of new developments in culture-theory and contextualization, the descriptive and prescriptive potentials of Tracy's cultural theological perspective will be assessed. Viewed as especially relevant for local (Filipino) theologizing are Tracy's notion of the Catholic (analogical) imagination, his understanding of God's revelation in Jesus Christ as both Logos and Kerygma, and the revised correlational method. Appreciation of Tracy's creative explication of the Catholic imagination and theological method as well as divergences with him on issues such as culture-theory, religion and revelation are noted. To demonstrate how Tracy's theology works and to highlight its practical implications, two studies developed by Tracy himself (popular religiosity and globalization) will be presented. As a culminating response to Tracy, the final chapter pulls together interactions from the previous chapters and revisits questions of theological method, culture-theory, local theology, revelation and agency toward an ecumenical evangelical exploration on theology of culture. Directions for further studies are outlined in the epilogue.
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