Your Swords do not Concern me at al: The Liberation Theology of Islamic Christianity

Drawing on the work of Robert Schreiter discussing different forms of local theologies, Miller suggests that one of those is a form of liberation theology. The author highlights that within evangelical mission circles the original vision of contextualization as organic has largely been lost as contextualization; it became an additional tool in the toolbox of missionary strategies, to be done largely in a directed manner by the missionaries. Miller argues that the predominant form of organic contextual theology in Islamic Christianity is a form of liberation theology. This is characterized by its understanding of theology as praxis and wisdom, its use of poetry, narrative accounts, and apologetics in public discourse, and an agape-centered soteriology. The goal is a transformed society with freedom of religion and assembly and an acknowledgment of the reality of their conversion—all of which goals defy the Islamic shari’a.