Description
Joshua Woo Sze Zeng
Edited by Joshua Woo & Soo-Inn Tan
“The word ‘gospel’ or ‘evangel’ is well-known and well-used among Christians. For example, the Christian faith is often summarised as the ‘gospel’, churches are called ‘gospel hall’, Christian bookshops are registered as ‘Evangel’, some local preachers preach the ‘prosperity gospel’ and others champion the ‘social gospel’, and evangelism is understood as ‘sharing the gospel’. We can make two observations from this. First, the gospel plays a central role to anything Christian. Second, the gospel is understood with different emphases in the Christian community. If the gospel is central to Christianity yet understood differently, how then can Malaysian Christians from diverse background relate the gospel to the sociopolitical situation of the country? This essay will explore this question by highlighting a common emphasis of the gospel that all Christians share, and showing how this commonality relates to the present sociopolitical challenges in Malaysia.”
