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