Together with around 20 experts and practitioners in orality, theological education, anthropology, and missiology, editors Danyal Qalb and Charles Madinger are developing a three-volume book series. The project explores orality from multiple angles while offering diverse insights from both research and practice. The first volume is scheduled for release in the fall of 2025 as a free eBook by OralityResources.International under the title Connected Communication: Bridging the Orality Gap. It follows a preview that features the first part of Jay Mātenga’s chapter, which explores the intersection of orality and a people’s seen and unseen world.
Jay Mātenga is a contextual theologian of Māori heritage with over 30 years of experience serving cross-cultural missions. He is the Executive Director of the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission and the Opinions Editor at Christian Daily International. These two roles dovetail Jay’s passion to strengthen participation in the purposes of God by amplifying least heard Christian voices, while also promoting discussions in contextual theology and the Church’s unity within tensions created by diversity. Jay keeps an archive of presentation material and a monthly blog on his website: https://jaymatenga.com.
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