Asian Theology on the Way: Christianity, Culture, and Context

by Peniel Rajkumar

Overview

In this exciting volume, Peniel Rajkumar has assembled the work of nearly twenty prominent Asian theologians, making their writings accessible to the introductory level student. The result is an ideal introduction to the wealth of Asian theologies and the major questions they raise.

It is ecumenical in scope with emphasis on the contemporary concerns within Asian theology and some attention to the development of these theologies.Regional and subject specialists capture the ongoing conversation, incorporating new emphases and trends, thus making the book a fresh introduction to Christian theology in Asia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451499667
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	07/01/2015
Series:	International Study Guides
Edition description:	Study Guide
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Peniel Rajkumar is programme executive, Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation, World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland. He is the author of Challenges of Transition: Religion and Ethics in Changing Contexts (2007) and Dalit Theology and Dalit Liberation: Problems, Paradigms and Possibilities (2010).

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