1. Urgency of inculturation – 2. Inculturation as a theological term – 3. History of Mission
and Asian cultures – 4. Challenges and opportunities of inculturation; 4.1 Jesus as the
Saviour of the world is still unknown in Asia; 4.2 The Asian mentality; 4.3 Uniqueness of
Jesus Christ for human salvation; 4.4 The haunting colonial memory and suspicions; 4.5
The Asian perception of Jesus and Christianity as foreign?; 4.6 The resurgence of the fear
of conversion to Christianity; 4.7 The new methodology of proclamation: narrative theology;
4.8 The surface inculturation vs. deep inculturation; 4.9 Globalization and rise of fundamentalism;
4.10 Reading the signs of the time and responding to cries of Asian peoples;
4.11 The legitimate cry of the oppressed Christians; 4.12 New tidal wave of Evangelicalism;
4.13 Political reality and mission as friendship; 4.14 Youth and women – Conclusion