Abstract
This paper revisits the famous typology outlining possible relationships of Christians to culture, as outlined by H. Richard Niebuhr in his Christ and Culture.
It seeks to draw upon some particular insights from the critical discussion in order to propose a constructive application of Niebuhr's categories in today's theology of culture. Contending that Niebuhr's typology is best understood in terms of mutually non-exclusive motifs and that culture is to be perceived as a web of multiple perspectives and orientations, the article argues for the use of the so-called praxis matrix as a complementary method which enables one to get a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of Christians' relationship to and engagement with their particular culture(s).
As such, it aims to establish a hermeneutical framework for a theology of culture which would be contextually relevant, ecumenically open, and flexible to deal with various issues.