Table of Contents

Contributors vii

The International Study Guides xi

Acknowledgements xii

Introduction: From Asian furrows sprung…: Christian theology in Asia Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar xiii

Part 1 Asian Christian theology: birds'-eye views of the furrows

1 The task, method and content of Asian theologies Sathianathan Clarke 3

2 Interfaith dialogue and Christian theology in Asia Edmund Kee-Fook Chia 14

3 Asian Christian liberation theology Philip Vinod Peacock 23

4 Cross-textual hermeneutics in Asia Archie Chi Chung Lee 31

Part 2 Fighting foreign fertilizers in the furrows

5 Postcolonial Asian feminist theologies Kwok Pui-lan 41

6 From Orientalism to postcolonial: notes on reading practices Rasiah S. Sugirtharajah 48

7 Postcolonialism and Hong Kong Christianity Wai Ching Angela Wong 56

8 Asian Christologies: a postcolonial reconstruction C. I. David Joy 65

Part 3 New seeds in the furrows

9 Between a rock and a hard place: an Asian theology of survival Gemma Tulud Cruz 75

10 Indigenous theology in Asia; issues and perspectives Wati Longchar 83

11 Pentecostalism in Asia Sunder John Boopalan 97

Part 4 Worms'-eye views of the furrows

12 Minjung theology: whose voice, for whom? Sebastian Kim 111

13 Devious devotion to Christ: the making of Indian Christologies Joseph Prabhakar Dayam 115

14 Contextual Christian theologies in China prior to 1950 Lawrence Braschi 123

15 Dalit theology: the 'untouched' touching theology Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar 132

Glossary 142

References and further reading 144

Index 155