ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the concept of 'contextual theology' or, more precisely, 'contextual theologies' in relation to the traditions of western Trinitarian belief. This is accomplished in three ways. The chapter looks at the theological issues and questions surrounding the concept of contextual theologies. It examines a detailed description and analysis of a series of original and interrelated contextual theologies from one area of Indonesia is provided. The chapter evaluates the ways in which these contextual theologies relate primarily to the western tradition of Trinitarian theology. The existence of the Enlightenment world is simply part of being a Christian for a great many people. In English-speaking countries that Calvinist tradition is normally referred to as Presbyterian. Mol viewed the world very much from the ethos and values of Reformed Christianity. As a corrective, contextual theology has drawn attention to the culturally and socially conditioned presuppositions with which theological writers and the Christian community work.
