Publication
Cultural Encounters — A Journal for the Theology of Culture (ISSN: 1550-4891) is a publication of the Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins. The Institute is an official program of Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Dr. Daniel R. Lockwood, President.
In the tradition of the Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins, the journal will seek to bring Christ to bear on contemporary culture in an academically rigorous manner. Our desire is to foster discussion on a variety of issues. Therefore, the articles and opinions expressed therein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins; Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary; or any editor associated with Cultural Encounters.
Purpose of Journal
Cultural Encounters — A Journal for the Theology of Culture is committed to pursuing a biblically informed, Christ-centered, trinitarian engagement of contemporary culture.
The journal has a two-fold aim in engaging contemporary culture: 1) to be biblically informed and 2) to have a Christ-centered trinitarian focus.
First, the journal is to be biblically informed. We are confident that the triune God is the ultimate communicator and that Scripture provides the basis for engaging contemporary culture in all its beauty and brokenness—constructively, critically and creatively.
Second, Scripture bears witness to the triune God's creation and redemption of this world, including culture, through Christ's incarnational and reconciling activity in history by the Spirit.
Thus, the journal will seek to focus on Scripture's disclosure of God's activity in history, and how it informs our engagement of culture in its various contemporary manifestations. The editorial team values this two-fold aim and will consider articles for publication on the same basis. For more on our purpose, take a look at a Message from the Editor.
Journal Staff
Editor
Paul Louis Metzger, Multnomah Biblical Seminary
Book Review Editor
Brad Harper, Multnomah Bible College
Journal Coordinator
Editorial Board
(Faculty of Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary)
Albert H. Baylis, Donald L. Brake, Brad Harper,
Paul Louis Metzger, Jon Robertson
Associate Editors
(Associates of Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary)
Valerie A. Clemen, Ray Lubeck, Steven Mitchell, Domani Pothen,
Daniel Scalberg, Douglas Schaak, John L. Terveen
Managing Editor
Mariko Metzger
Copy Editor
Elizabeth Myers
Editorial Assistants
Halden Doerge
Matthew Farlow
Ross Halbach
William Thompson
Printing & Distributing Affiliates
Wipf & Stock Publishers of Eugene, OR
Paternoster Periodicals of Cumbria, UK
Graphic Design
Steven Mitchell, Steven Mitchell Design
Layout Design
Jim Allison, Thot Communications
Web Design
Wink Chin
Contributing Editors
Ray Aldred
My People International
Winnipeg, MB Canada
Clifford Blake Anderson
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ
Vincent Bacote
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Nathan A. Baxter
Gordon College
Wenham, MA
Daniel W. Brown
Smith College
Northampton, MA
Linda L. Belleville
Bethel College
Mishawaka, IN
Kimlyn Bender
University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD
Peter J. Casarella
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Peter T. Cha
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Deerfield, IL
J. Daryl Charles
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Roland Chia
Trinity Theological College
Singapore
Gary W. Deddo
InterVarsity Press
Westmont, IL
LeRoy Haynes, Jr.
North Portland Bible College
Portland, OR
Christopher R. J. Holmes
Providence Theological Seminary
Otterburne, MB Canada
Stephen R. Holmes
University of St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland
Matt Jenson
Biola University
La Mirada, CA
Robert K. Johnston
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
Kelly M. Kapic
Covenant College
Lookout Mountain, GA
Samuel W. Kunhiyop
Jos ECWA Theological Seminary
Jos, Nigeria
Terry LeBlanc
North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies
Evansburg, AB Canada
Paul D. Molnar
St. John's University
Jamaica, NY
Harold A. Netland
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Deerfield, IL
Robin Parry
Paternoster Press
Worcester, England
Peter M. B. Robinson
Wycliffe College
Toronto, ON Canada
Tiffany C. Robinson
Wycliffe College
Toronto, ON Canada
Fred Sanders
Biola University
La Mirada, CA
R. Larry Shelton
George Fox Evangelical Seminary
Portland, OR
R. Kendall Soulen
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington, DC
William F. Storrar
Center of Theological Inquiry
Princeton, NJ
Richard Twiss
Wiconi International
Vancouver, WA
Enoch Y. Wan
Western Seminary
Portland, OR
Richard L. White
Portland State University
Portland, OR