The article articulates a relation between gospel and culture in terms of mission, focused on the conceptual development of "contextualization", The article analyzes replication model from the 17th century to 1850s, indigenization model to 1970s, inculturation model and contextualization model from early 1970s, and currently appeared inter-contextualization model in the light of relation between transmission and reception of gospel in the mission field , The models are discussed in view of three points: first, understanding of mission, i, e. subject of mission, second, understanding of gospel, i. e. attitude to the Bible, third, understanding of culture, i. e. inclusive extent of socio-political aspect. In conclusion the article discloses some problems such as various possibility of translation of foreign terminologies into Korea, ambiguity of contextualization model, syncretic inclination of inculturation model and finally suggests the inter-disciplinary approach to the (inter-) contextualization model.

• 임희모(한일장신대 교수) | Yim, Bee-Mo