Asian and Oceanic Christianities in conversation : exploring theological identities at home and in diaspora /

The old contrast between "universal" and "local" is now collapsing, but a new paradigm has yet to be defined. The contributors claim that the questions they raise will help redraw the lines of demarcation each in a unique way. Their collaborative result is a re-submission of the...

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Other Authors: Kim, Hŭb-yŏng, 1949-, Matsuoka, Fumitaka., Morimoto, Anri, 1956-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.

Series: Studies in World Christianity and Interreligious Relations 47.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Call Number: BR1065 .A85 2011eb

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Preface
  • An Overview: Asian and Oceanic Christianity in an Age of World Christianity /
  • M. Thomas Thangaraj
  • An Asian Journey Seeking Christian Wholeness: Owning Up to Our Own Metaphors (Theotao) /
  • Heup Young Kim
  • Contextualized and Cumulative: Tradition, Orthodoxy and Identity from the Perspective of Asian Theology /
  • Anri Morimoto
  • An Asian Christian? Or a Christian Asian? Or an Asian-Christian?: A Roman Catholic Experiment on Christian Identity /
  • Peter C. Phan
  • Texts and Terrorism: Communal Strife, Sacred Scriptures and Secular Stories /
  • R.S. Sugirtharajah
  • The Economy of God-talk in Asia: A Cultural Materialist Critique /
  • Angela Wai Ching Wong
  • Pacifism: its Frustration and an Alternative /
  • Hisako Kinukawa
  • The Guide Who Stands Aside: Confessing Christ in India Today /
  • J. Jayakiran Sebastian
  • Blessed are the Peacemakers: The Search for an East Asian Reading /
  • Benoît Vermander
  • Reimagining Home: a Diasporic Perspective on Encounters with the Religious Other in Australia /
  • Seforosa Carroll
  • Emerging Theology on an Asian Frontier: History and the Future of Memories in West Papua, Indonesia /
  • Charles E. Farhadian
  • Pasifika Secrets /
  • Jione Havea
  • Learning to Speak a New Tongue: Imagining a Way That Holds People Together /
  • Fumitaka Matsuoka
  • About the authors
  • Index of Names.