Contents:

Introduction: Jose M. De Mesa in Conversation with David Jonathan Y. Bayot

pt. 1 Approach and methodology

How far does context impinge on "truth"?

Tasks in the inculturation of theology

Hermeneutics of appreciation: approach and methodology

Making salvation concrete and Jesus real: trends in Asian Christology

The mysterion which is marriage: a vision for the marital life

Re-rooting mission in the family

"Let the little children come to me": a theological and historical-cultural review of the Catholic practice of children's first communion

pt. 2 Re-interpreting the faith with indigenous categories

Mabathalang pag-aaral: isang panukala sa pagteteolohiya ng Filipino

Jesus: The Revelation of God's kagandahang-loob

Communicating "Revelation-faith with culture in mind

The "ginhawa" which is Jesus brings

Pandaraya: a contemporary Filipino term for sin?

Isang maiksing katesismo para sa mga matatanda

Nobena de gallo: paghahanda sa araw ng pasko sa tahanan

pt. 3 Inter-traditionality: Dialogue of local theological traditions

Jesus and the cross-cultural experience: cultural theological reading

Bakas: Retrieving the sense of sacramentality of the ordinary

Feeling as solidarity in Filipino popular Catholicism

Ate: Honoring Mary as elder sister