Felix Wilfred

Named by the International Bulletin of Missionary Studies as an Outstanding Book of 2014 for Mission Studies Despite the ongoing global expansion of Christianity, there remains a lack of comprehensive scholarship on its development in Asia. This volume fills the gap by exploring the world of Asian Christianity and its manifold expressions, including worship, theology, spirituality, inter-religious relations, interventions in society, and mission. The contributors, from over twenty countries, deconstruct many of the widespread misconceptions and interpretations of Christianity in Asia. They analyze how the growth of Christian beliefs throughout the continent is linked with the socio-political and cultural processes of colonization, decolonization, modernization, democratization, identity construction of social groups, and various social movements. With a particular focus on inter-religious encounters and emerging theological and spiritual paradigms, the volume provides alternative frames for understanding the phenomenon of conversion and studies how the scriptures of other religious traditions are used in the practice of Christianity within Asia.

The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia

How can India--a land of intense poverty as well as unparalled spirituality--be liberated? Where do the sources for its liberation lie? Leave the Temple brings together writings that weigh the practical and theoretical problems of hermeneutic pre-understandings of the socio-political situation in South Asia. Is the challenge of social transformation and human liberation one in which people must leave the temple to embrace the freeing insights of secularization? Or does leaving the temple--to find God in the world of suffering humanity--provide a richness and empowerment that secular models of the human future cannot replace? Contributors include Walter Fernandes, on a socio-historical perspective for liberation theology in India and on bhakti; Yvon Ambroise on oppression and liberation in Indian society; Ignatius Puthiadam on trends in Hindu thought; T. K. John on liberation theology and Gandhian praxis; George M. Soares-Prabhu on the liberative pedagogy of Jesus; Xavier Irudayaraj on interiority and liberation; Samuel Rayan on caste; Sebastian Kappen on social crisis and liberation; Michael Amaladoss on liberation as an interreligious project; and Felix Wilfred on the Catholic Church's participation in the liberation of India.

Indian Paths to Human Liberation

Leave the Temple

Daniel Franklin Pilario

Po Ho Huang

Con el espíritu de recuperar las voces perdidas de los cristianismos asiáticos, Concilium entabla conversación con los teólogos asiáticos. Estas conversaciones son conscientes de que, a lo largo de toda su historia, el cristianismo en Asia, como en cualquier otra parte, se ha encontrado con voces, fes, economías, sociedades políticas y culturas diferentes. Estos encuentros no fueron intercambios neutrales, involucrados como estaban en las relaciones de los poderes coloniales. Reflexionar sobre cómo el poder se ejercía y se sigue ejerciendo en estas interacciones culturales y religiosas es una dimensión necesaria en la comprensión teológica de los cristianismos asiáticos de nuestro tiempo.

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Cristianismos asiáticos

This book offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of religious identities in the Global South. Drawing on literature in various fields, Felix Wilfred analyzes how religious identities intersect with the processes of globalization, modernity, and postmodernity. He illustrates how the study of religion in the Global North often revolves around questions of secularism and fundamentalism, whereas a neo-Orientalist quality often attends study of religion in the Global South. These approaches and theorizing fail to incorporate the experiences of lived religion in the South, especially in Asia. Historically, the religions in the South have played a highly significant role in resistance to the domination by the colonial forces, an important reason for the continued attachment of the peoples of the South to their religious universe. This book puts the two regions and their scholarly norms in conversation with one another, exploring the social, political, cultural, and economic implications.

Porous Borders and Novel Paths

Religious Identities and the Global South

Susan A. Ross

Susan Ross

Editorial Bishops and Theologians: Tensions Old and New Part One: Contexts Magisterium and Theology in Africa ELOI MESSI METOGO The Magisterium and Asian Theologians GEORG EVERS Church, Theology and Magisterium in Latin America AGENOR BRIGHENTI Magisterium and Theology: Principles and Facts ANDRES TORRES QUEIRUGA Theologians and Bishops: Good Procedures Promote Collaboration JAMES A. CORIDEN Teaching as Learning: An Asian View PETER C. PHAN Part Two: Theological Forum Introduction: Silence in the Church Relations between Truth, Authority, Power and Sacredness in the Church LUIZ CARLOS SUSIN Terrifying Internal Problems. What Theology has to Say about Lies SOLANGE LEFEBVRE The Silence of the Church in Croatia FRANO PRCELA OP 'Many sources are still inaccessible' HUBERT WOLF, NORBERT RECK A Tribute to Paul Burns

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